Smart Homes

A brief history of home automation :

1930s: Debut at the World's Fairs Chicago and NYC

1970s: Invention of X10—the first home automation platform

2020: Estimated overall market value of $78.3 billion

Some of the most innovative ways to transform your home into a smart home :

Smart lightbulbs : Smart lights are easy to install, you can use your smartphone to change the color, dim it to your desired brightness, or have it turn on and off at certain times of day. They also last 10 times longer than regular bulbs, and they only consume 8.5 watts of electricity as opposed to the 60 watts eaten up by conventional bulbs.

Entry sensors: Door and window sensors will tell you immediately if a door is open or ajar and will work with your home security system to alert your alarm company in the event of a home security breach.

Robot Cleaners: Teach your home how and when to clean itself by integrating robotic technology—like pool cleaners, window washers, dish washers and robot vacuums like Roombas—into your home automation system.

Motorized Control: Anything that moves can be controlled through home automation. Adjust the curtains, shades, or blinds to keep the late afternoon sun out of your eyes without getting up. Fold up your bed without having to bend or stoop over.

Smart Speakers: With smart speakers like the home pod or amazon echo in different rooms in your house, maybe you want to listen to your favorite audible podcast in bed while your partner rocks out to their favorite sportify playlist in the kitchen.

Smart Thermostat: The first few weeks after it’s installed, you can manually adjust the temperature to your comfort level. After that, it will use the patterns it detected during the learning period to start adjusting the temperature automatically.

Smart Plugs: You can use your smartphone to control power to a smart plug energy-saving device for any room. And if you connect it to your smart speaker, you can enjoy the convenience of voice-activated appliance control