What is IOT SMART HOMES Technology?
Smart home technology is the general term given to basic home amenities that have been fitted with communication technology, enabling some degree of either automation or remote control. It includes things like:
- Appliances, like washing machines, fridges, and garage door openers.
- Home entertainment systems.
- Home security systems.
- Environmental controls like air conditioning, heating, and lighting.
It also includes the various devices that have hit the market that regulate and control all these devices (ZigBee, Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, Lutron, and Wink).
These are systems that unite all your smart devices and give you one node to access everything, and they usually come with some mobile software or app so you can do it from wherever you want in the house or when you’re out and about.However, this modular development is made possible by programs that let home owners add or subtract smart appliances as they acquire or retire them, opens the floor to infinite combinations of smart technology. It also means that people can invest as much or as little as they want into improving the IQ of their house.
Advantages of a Smart Home
Advantages
Connecting all of your appliances to your smartphone is an obvious plus – it means that you can run your laundry while you’re at work, or save money on your energy bill by optimizing your heating to only be on when you’re home (and maybe 15 minutes either side). Some countries reward people with discounts for running their electricity during off-peak hours, so you could start your dishwasher at 3am instead of 7pm, when everyone else is starting theirs.
Another advantage : Is that people have a greater awareness of where their resources are going with more information about what’s using what. Most smart home systems come loaded with usage logging tech, making it easy to see your resource use (and thus your money).
Conclusion
Smart home technology is projected to be a billion-dollar business by 2020, and it represents the most advanced sector of the Internet of Things. The appeal is clear – more information, more control, and more automation of your home, offices, manufacturing plants, lets you make better decisions and optimize how you use your limited resources.
It’s good for the planet and it’s good for your wallet. However, until the gaping security holes are at least partially plugged, smart home technology still has some small hurdles to overcome before it reaches ubiquity, and the we are trying to make those hurdles overcome by our technologies and products.