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SMART HOMES
Home is a place where people live to feel safe, cared and appreciated. Smart Homes enhance this
experience and provide a better life for the people living in them.
Smart Homes are homes that use Internet connected devices to empower remote monitoring and
management of appliances and devices such as lighting and heating.
Benefits of Smart Homes
Smart Homes provide insights into efficient energy usage. They also enhance people’s level of
safety. The benefits are:
Power Saver: Smart Homes are great at saving power. Often it is found that people are lazy in
turning off lights, which increases the consumption of power and water. These types of homes
allow their users to turn off the lights and electronic gadgets even when they are off to bed.
Increased energy efficiency: Smart Home technology makes it possible to make the home
energy-efficient. The control of heating and cooling of the home with a programmable thermostat
learns the user’s preferences and then suggests the best energy efficient settings throughout
the day. Even the lights could be programmed to automatically switch to an evening mode as
the sun sets or automatically turn off when no one is at home.
Protect the home and its belongings: The home is protected from intruders with AI systems.
Once they are configured, the door/window and motion sensors notify the owner when someone
tries to break in their house, when no one is at home. There are wireless doorbells and intelligent
locks that provide an additional level of security to live with mental peace.
Interactive home: The AI enabled appliances are controlled through voice or smart phones.
Some appliances even support gestures by sensing the motion like hand gestures or tap
recognition like a knock.
One Point Access: All the devices are accessed from one point, which is one of the biggest
advantages of a Smart Home. Gadgets are connected through one interface and are completely
controlled by the app on tablets or smartphones. These apps are user friendly and easy to
access.
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