How To Make Your Home Smart At The Lowest Budget

Posted by Hadraj Youssef On Saturday, November 4, 2017 0 Comments
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.

The definition of smart homes can be found in a WIFI thermostat. It works by setting different modes such that when you get to the room, you do not have to set the fan, heater, humidity, and other comfort gadgets separately. With a pre-programmed house, you get to a house that is already warm, lit and with your preferred draft, among other conditions. This can be done on your phone.

Lighting is used to adjust the mood of a room. What it you can do the adjustment through your phone? The family of hue bulbs offers this opportunity. The room will take your desire color as well as be bright or dark by being controlled from your phone. This also allows you to save energy and thus reduce your utility expenditure.

The quality of air indoors is very important especially where sensitive people or tasks are carried out. For instance, the presence of carbon monoxide is fatal. Other gases may affect people with breathing related problems. There are state-of-the-art gadgets where you set the gas levels to be detected. Once these levels are exceeded, an alarm will go off. These gadgets are so sensitive that they can detect smoke from a burning toast.

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.

Net streaming cameras are on mobile devices already. But they have been taken a notch higher by enabling you to stream proceedings from a remote location. When installed at your door, you will see the visitor knocking, talk to him or her over loud speaker and take necessary actions like opening the door or raising an alarm. This is the best option when you have kids who have to be monitored.

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 endless options for use of smart technology to improve comfort around the house. The options even include an automatic floor and carpet cleaner as well as an app to lock doors. The choice is yours to make. Further, remember that there are expenses associated with each gadget acquired.




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