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From an LA Times description of Jon Platt’s redesign of Frank Gehry’s Schnabel House, which he purchased four years ago:

Simple tasks such as replacing fluorescent light bulbs with LEDs were accompanied by massive undertakings, such as centralizing and consolidating the home’s climate controls, TVs, lighting and security cameras onto one technologically advanced system, now managed by eight iPads.

Platt’s house now requires eight iPads to control? Damn.