High-Tech in Your Home

If you're not ready to let Cleopatra take over your house, there is plenty of other technology you can use to make your home more convenient.

The Control4 system functions as a handheld screen or remote control, allowing a user to direct everything in the house with just the touch of a finger. It controls the lights, temperature, music, television and security.

Control4 can even be used to monitor live video feeds from cameras installed in other rooms in the house. "You can watch the baby, " Nate says.