Dyson is firmly of the view that we need to do less of this cleaning nonsense. “Our future vision is of a home that can look after itself,” says Dyson’s chief technology officer John Churchill. “Our engineers continue to employ technologies to reduce the cognitive burden on our owners, saving time, energy, and effort … a true set-and-forget mindset.” Perhaps this is bad time to mention that according to a recent study in Neurology, completing household chores may actually lower the risk of dementia?