Some may say that the phrase "The Home of The Future" is kind of a moot point these days. It seems as though every home product out there is able to connect with your smart-phone or tablet through your home's WiFi connection. If we so choose, we can all have a welcome home greeting from our house, while the lights turn on automatically and the thermostat cranks up to the perfect temperature. All because we walked through our front door. So, the home of the future is, kind of, already here. Take that, Tony Stark!
We already have companies like Comcast and AT&T offering home-automation services, where you can monitor your home's security, energy use and more from an app on your phone. Even Apple, Google and Microsoft are getting into the home-automation game. Soon you will be able to communicate with your home through your Xbox One console, if you can get your kids off of it that is.
For about $100 you could give SmartThings a try. SmartThings offers a WiFi enabled hub that allows you to connect products from a range of companies including Quirky, Jawbone and Honeywell, and control them with a single app. It also sells sensors that can be placed on "dumb" devices to make them smart.
Home-automation is really an extraordinary thing! You could have the ability to "talk" to just about anything in your home. From appliances like your oven or refrigerator, to lamps, A/C units, even your dog's food bowl!
Besides feeding your dog, home-automation has many other practical uses. If you have an aging-in-place family member, it could help you, for lack of a better term, "keep an eye" on them when they are home. It can help you make sure your kids get home from school safely while you're at work. Really what it comes down to is peace of mind. And don't we all need just one less thing to worry about these days?
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