Get smart and start talking to your home
YOUR phone is smart; your kids are smart; and your home can be smart too.
With Smart home technology constantly evolving and the internet gradually taking control of our day-to-day lives, you will soon be able to control most things in your house from your phone, and even your voice.
Cheshire-based Finite Solutions has seven smart home gadgets to help raise your home’s IQ:
Change lighting with your mood – homes are built to make the best of daylight, but now technology enables us to highlight the best features of our houses through intelligent lighting, which can provide a wide range of scenarios to suit you.
By selecting ‘pre-set’ scenes at a single touch you can enjoy mood lights for a friendly get-together, a romantic dinner or a family movie night in.
Play your entire music catalogue throughout the home – whether you’re an audiophile with a massive music library, or a casual listener, it is now really easy to utilise different streaming services to instantly get the song you want.
With smart home integration you can access all your collections, online and offline, from anywhere in the home.
Enjoy a cinema experience in comfort – home cinemas offer the ultimate entertainment with custom-designed systems able to provide you with the perfect multimedia experiences from any source, on any screen type. Bespoke, programmed control systems make it as simple as pushing a single button to prepare the entire system for your mode of entertainment.
Save money on energy bills – comfort and convenience are not the only benefits of having a smart home system. Smart thermostats can now work more intelligently to save energy by using a number of innovations that ensure no energy waste.
Occupancy sensors detect when someone is home, internet connectivity helps you remotely change the temperature, and automation eliminates the need to manually adjust the thermostat.
Monitor your home even when you’re away – there is a growing number of gadgets that can help in protecting your house and everything inside it. Security-boosting devices include smart lighting systems that mimic your typical household lighting usage pattern while you’re away, automated smokereleasing generators, cameras with facial and number plate recognition, and sensors that learn your behaviour and notify you when something out of the ordinary happens.
Talk to your home – until recently, smart home technology was controlled by apps and automation, but recent advancements in speech recognition technology mean that voice recognised control is now an option. With no interfaces or buttons, voice control is expected to play a central role in the development of the so-called Internet of Things, connecting everyday devices and appliances with each other and with their users.
Enjoy a Smarter Kitchen – experts are predicting a big growth: smart stoves and ovens will notify you when the oven reaches the necessary temperature, the timer completes or when the stove has finished cooking. Smart fridges will let you know when the door is left open or adjust the cooling power based on the time of the day; all monitored and controlled from a remote device and also connected together into an ecosystem using sensors and cameras. »●www.finitesolutions. co.uk