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PHOTO:\u00a0The ultramodern exterior.<\/span>\u00a0PHOTO:\u00a0<\/span>VIVIAN JOHNSON FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n As college students in the early 1990s, Junaid Qurashi and his friends obsessively watched \u201cStar Trek.\u201d<\/p>\n The sci-fi drama \u201ctook us from the real world into this fantasy world,\u201d recalls Mr. Qurashi. The engineering students especially loved the show\u2019s technology, from flip phones to lights that turned on and off automatically. \u201cIt touches on this concept of, what is there to come?\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Now a 49-year-old tech entrepreneur, Mr. Qurashi has made futuristic features a reality in his gadget-filled Northern California home, where he can open the shades while lying in bed and set the temperature of the shower before entering the bathroom.<\/p>\n READ MORE VIA THE WALL STREET JOURNAL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bq8nrmhln17\/<\/p>\n