Tron La Casa Inteligente

1. Since its inception the sole goal the tron project has been the creation of a "total computer architecture" to serve as the foundation for building a computer-based society in the 21st century. Inorder to attain this goal, TRON research and development has been divided into two parts: basic technology projects and technology application projects. One of the TRON technology applicationprojects that actually reached fruition was the TRON Intelligent House, which was completed in Nishi Azabu in 1989 at a cost of 1 billion yen. at the time of its completion, it was the most computerizedstructure of its type. it had a total of 380 computers, all interconnected via the TRON architecture.

2. Work on the TRON intelligent house, which was built in a model home village owned by NipponHomes Corporation, began in october 1988 and was completed in july 1989. Fifteen other companies took part in this project.

3. The design of the tron intelligent house was bases on a key concep, i.e.the "fusion of humans, nature and computers." That is why, for example, there is a large Roman-style atrium at the back of the house, which could easily be made into an open air atrium through the useof the computer controlled windows system. The structure was built out of wood-the traditional japanese house building material-and even the bathtud was made out of Japanese Cypress, the traditionalwood used for making bathtubs in japan. So the tron intelligent house represented the blending of traditional Japanese architecture with futuristic Japanese computer technology.

4. Of course, thehouse was filled with computerized gadgets. all external information (from television, radio, telephone, etc.) and all internal information (from the audiovisual system, television doors phone,intercom, security sensors, etc.) were funneled into display units available in each room.

5. There were dozens of speakers throughout the house, a general-purpose remote control, and a standardized...