Unless your home resembles the retro-futuristic utopia of "The Jetsons," incorporating today's sleek must-have electronics can be a conundrum. Flat-panel televisions, universal remotes, MP3 players, and personal digital assistants are all meant to make life easier and more pleasurable, but the cutting-edge monitors, printers, and cable boxes they require can be visually jarring. What's more, we may live in a wireless age, but most of the machines we use to stay connected require frequent recharging, so you can end up with unsightly tangles of cords throughout the house.

There are clever and stylish ways to conceal it all, however, without resorting to a haphazard arrangement stuck away in some inaccessible closet. Rather, your favorite piece of furniture or built-in can be retrofitted with glides, lifts, or swing arms that let you hide your electronics in plain sight -- inside, underneath, and behind cabinets, drawers, and doors that fit seamlessly into a room's decor. Such mechanisms also impart a bit of Jetsonian convenience: Keyboards slide away effortlessly, flat panels pop up quietly, monitors flip down and rotate conveniently, and doors glide open and closed smoothly.

A monitor mounted under a kitchen cabinet, for example, lets you cook alongside your favorite television chef or Internet recipe. Then, with the push of a finger, it disappears. An entire entertainment center can be housed within a single cabinet. A trio of bookcases fitted with a sliding panel lets you close the office "door" when work is done. And, perhaps closest to one of George and Judy's robotic contraptions, a flat-panel television rises up out of a linen cabinet with the press of a button.

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