How To Make Your Home Smart

By Rebecca Walker


Tech world is rushing to connect everything to the internet. This is bound to transform living spaces with homes being the target of technological creativity. When you think of how to make your home smart, several gadgets come to mind. These gadgets are meant to reduce the hustle of rising from the seat or punching the remote a hundred times in order to find the best music combination. Here are gadgets and technological investments that will transform any house.

The definition of smart homes can be found in a WIFI thermostat. It works by setting different modes such that when you get to the room, you do not have to set the fan, heater, humidity, and other comfort gadgets separately. With a pre-programmed house, you get to a house that is already warm, lit and with your preferred draft, among other conditions. This can be done on your phone.

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.

While the world is saturate with Bluetooth speakers, they still depend on manual control. The latest technology is where you call out the name of a song, it is searched live and streamed through the speakers. This happens through customizing your search voice. You do not have to create a list with your memory stick and then have to bear with continued repetition. The songs play as if you are just thinking them off head.

Net streaming cameras are on mobile devices already. But they have been taken a notch higher by enabling you to stream proceedings from a remote location. When installed at your door, you will see the visitor knocking, talk to him or her over loud speaker and take necessary actions like opening the door or raising an alarm. This is the best option when you have kids who have to be monitored.

How about monitoring appliances and devices that consume energy in your house? There is an automatic plug that allows you to shut down an appliance once it has hit a particular level of consumption. You may also shut down all appliances that are connected to the plug as you leave the house. It is only worth a few tens of dollars.

There are endless options for use of smart technology to improve comfort around the house. The options even include an automatic floor and carpet cleaner as well as an app to lock doors. The choice is yours to make. Further, remember that there are expenses associated with each gadget acquired.




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