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Home Automation Ideas Make Easy to your Daily Life

By siliconindia   |   Friday, January 10, 2014


Bangalore : Today's design is all about configuring the right technology to fit your needs. The world has gone through a sea of change in a very short span of time. Today, navigation, tracking, social media, banking, accessing other devices like the refrigerator, thermostat and television, opening up garages and firing up the fire place - all these things can be done with one handheld device - a smartphone. If a small device like a smartphone is capable of performing these many tasks then fancy a guess at what you can do with your home. Last year, Honda revealed a test smart home system in Japan that controls energy usage. Solar cell panels and a rechargeable battery power the house, while a management device monitors the total power supply. However, smart homes are capable of going much beyond energy control. There may well be a day when your home will sense your state of mind and adjust the environment to make you feel better. Until that day comes here are few things that can turn a home into a futuristic Smart home. Smart devices : Samsung's tweeting refrigerator and gesture TV are smart devices that make life around the house more automated and intuitive. No device is too small or insignificant to be hooked up to smart technology. When your ice cubes are ready, you get a text from your fridge. Your washing machine gives you a reminder when your laundry is done, your TV no longer needs a remote and you do not need to be in the room as these devices complete their task and alert you. Everything is Interactive : You come home after a long day's work and put your legs up on the table and turn on the TV. Just then you remember that you missed something at work; at your smart home, you do not need to run off to the other room to get your iPad or laptop because you have an interactive surface for a table. Last year at CES, Microsoft unveiled such a device with four pixels rather than the standard RGB. The fourth pixel is a camera lens; this feature makes the horizontal screen a giant lens and therefore offers improved natural user interface. That means that the screen doesn't need to be touched because it can see your fingers. Also, the device allows multiple users at the same. So your friends can give you a hand whenever you need one. Another smart table is the one that the U.S. firm Fulton Innovations has designed. It is an induced based table that uses magnetic fields to heat directly into the metal inside the product, and only the coil. This simply means that you can keep your tea pot anywhere on the table and your tea will be ready without lighting a fire or flicking a switch. The magnetic field also ensures that you will not burn your hand if you put it next to your thawing meal or boiling kettle. Daisy Shades : Daisy shades are not actually drapes with flowers drawn on them. They are termed so because like a daisy these shades open and close with the rising and setting of the sun. These shades connected to a processor can open up in the morning to let in natural light and close at night for privacy. Shades automatically going up and down in a synchronized ballet of automation prowess are one of the things that impresses guests the most. Smartlocks with Keypads : With keypads, these locks can ensure that you never get locked out of the house again, and can share a code with someone to give them access to your house. These locks when enabled with NFC (near-field communication) technology will allow you to open it by waving your smart phone over it. They also come in wireless versions that integrate with automation systems like Control4 to become part of your home's system, triggering events like disarming security and turning on lights and music if you like. AI : Control4's HC250 processor can handle a virtually unlimited amount of lighting devices, interfaces with a variety of HVAC systems, security panels and irrigation controllers, aside from being a smart remote to control your entire A/V system. It also includes an astronomic time clock, can e-mail or text you around specific events or triggers, can stream music from your network and is also the fanciest, most customizable alarm clock you've ever experienced. Control Lights with Infrared : Lighting control is another great opportunity for automation. With sensors and gesture controls, lights in your house can react to your movements and mood. This will also save considerable amount of time and energy. When you press 'Watch Movie' on your remote and all the lights automatically dim, giving you a wholesome experience. Philips Hue, a smart LED lighting product, can be controlled from your iOS. You can not only change the colors of this light but also select the right shade for your mood. Anti Wi-Fi Wallpaper : Recently, French researchers at Institute Polytechnique de Grenoble rolled out a wallpaper that can block Wi-Fi signals. The technology dates back to 2004 when a British defense contractor was tasked to create a system that would restrict Wi-Fi from escaping the confines of a room while, at the same time, allowing mobile phone signals to get through. Disappearing Indoor Pool : With the Hydropool, smart home owners can swim laps inside their house, and then, with a click of the button, make the pool disappear by raising the floor of the pool to meet the floor of the room. Technology advancements have made it far more affordable to make home automation a reality for nearly everyone. Coupled with the energy savings and lifestyle improvements it makes, investing in a smart home a pretty smart idea.

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