SMART HOMES

THE FUTURE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

This might be a scary notion for many, but our technological world is changing at an unprecedented rate and the possibilities are endless.

Roughly every 12 months, a new smart phone is released with on-board technology dwarfing the capabilities of its previous version. Laptops have an expected lifespan of two years before they give up, die, and are replaced by bigger processors and badder transistors.

While the “Smart Home” market is still in its infancy, it is growing. Automating your home and controlling various appliances through a single interface, is not a new idea, but it is the future and it is taking off big-time.

With the latest gadgets like Google Home, Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, smart thermostats like the Ecobee4, and smart vacuums like the Samsung

Powerbot R7070, you are spoiled for choice. Never before could you control your lights, appliances, thermostats, and smoke alarms with your voice, or change your home’s settings from your smart phone while at work. Now you can.

And this is just the beginning. Soon, as this fledgling technology develops, you’ll be able to do so much more.

Imagine your home calling an ambulance if someone collapses alone and without help, by reading things like heart rate and body temperature, and registering the frequency of movement.

The age of the smart home has well and truly dawned and with it, comes a heap of possibilities.