mercredi 1 novembre 2017

How To Make Your Home Smart

By Rebecca Walker


Technological advancement is on a mission to run all home tasks remotely, on the phone and through the internet. Tech experts are also looking for ideas to reduce energy consumption. They have proposed different measures on how to make your home smart without spending a fortune. This is through gadgets and devices that are easy to use and cost effective.

A WIFI thermostat is considered the face of smartening any room. The devices are perfect for synchronizing the conditions in your room including temperature and even learning your schedules. The idea is to ensure that whenever you step into the house, you will have the perfect condition other than having to switch on the AC and other gadget. The thermostat is controlled using a phone app.

What is you can adjust the mood of a room from a phone? This is what the hue family of lighting bulbs does for you. It will dim and brighten your lights from time to time. In the process of dimming and brightening your room, you will also save a few dollars on utility.

The nest protect is a device that detects air quality indoors and alerts through a loud sounding alarm whenever it detects danger. Some of the gases that this gadget will detect include carbon monoxide that would be potentially fatal for the entire family. For sloppy cooks, you may need to turn down detection of some gases unless you want the alarm to go off every time the toast gets roasted.

Bluetooth speakers have been in use for a while. However, you still have to control them by dialing and can only play the music that is in your phone. What if you could search by voice from the internet and create your desired list? This is the capability provided by the new generation of internet enabled speakers. By programming your voice within the speaker, you only need to mention a song, it is searched on the internet and plays immediately.

People are streaming events live on their phones and mobile gadgets. What is you could converse with people through your surveillance camera? These cameras are installed on doors or other sensitive places. For instance, when installed for surveillance purposes, you can see who is at your doorstep and even talk to him. If the person has sinister motives, you just press a button and the alarm goes off. This is a perfect gadget for monitoring children.

How about controlling the amount of energy consumed by gadgets at home? There is a plug that gives you automatic control by switching off what you are not interested with. You just need to connect appliances and program them to shut off or on based on personal preferences. You do not have to waste energy on idle appliances.

There are many other options to keep a home smart depending on personal preferences. They range from locking doors to cleaning the floor or carpet in your absence. The decision to incorporate any technology will depend on the areas you wish to focus on. There are budgetary implications for all the decisions you make.




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