Wednesday, 1 November 2017

How To Make Your Home Smart At Almost Zero Budget

By Rebecca Walker


Technological advancement is on a mission to run all home tasks remotely, on the phone and through the internet. Tech experts are also looking for ideas to reduce energy consumption. They have proposed different measures on how to make your home smart without spending a fortune. This is through gadgets and devices that are easy to use and cost effective.

A WIFI thermostat is considered the face of smartening any room. The devices are perfect for synchronizing the conditions in your room including temperature and even learning your schedules. The idea is to ensure that whenever you step into the house, you will have the perfect condition other than having to switch on the AC and other gadget. The thermostat is controlled using a phone app.

The mood of a room can be determined by its lighting. These adjustments are done via the phone due to advances in technology today. This happens through the use of hue bulbs that allow the room to take your desired color and brightness. In the process, you will be saving a few dollars through reduced energy consumption.

There are indoor areas where the quality of air is a very sensitive condition. An example is around children or near the kitchen to protect surrounding installations from being consumed by fire. Nest protection devices read the quality of air around the home and raise an alarm depending on settings. They can detect excess carbon monoxide and other gases that emanate from combustion. The alarm might even go off when your onions burn.

Bluetooth speakers are already with us. However, you still need to punch the remote, insert the memory stick and select songs along the way. What is you could just speak and the speaker searches for the song online? This is the magic of internet enabled speakers. You program voices into the speaker and whenever you mention the song, it will search automatically from the internet.

People are streaming events live on their phones and mobile gadgets. What is you could converse with people through your surveillance camera? These cameras are installed on doors or other sensitive places. For instance, when installed for surveillance purposes, you can see who is at your doorstep and even talk to him. If the person has sinister motives, you just press a button and the alarm goes off. This is a perfect gadget for monitoring children.

How about controlling the amount of energy consumed by gadgets at home? There is a plug that gives you automatic control by switching off what you are not interested with. You just need to connect appliances and program them to shut off or on based on personal preferences. You do not have to waste energy on idle appliances.

There are many other options to keep a home smart depending on personal preferences. They range from locking doors to cleaning the floor or carpet in your absence. The decision to incorporate any technology will depend on the areas you wish to focus on. There are budgetary implications for all the decisions you make.




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