How technology is taking over the home
In this blog I will explore the sudden rise of connected devices in our homes as the IOT starts to take shape.
A phrase that keeps on coming up more and more these days is "the future is now". It is hard to disagree that the very world we live in is slowly taken a new form right in front of us like a scene from the movie the day after tomorrow. Tech is creeping up on us and evading everyday life.
Personally I get quite excited by this kind of innovation. We will soon be laughing as we reminisce about how used to have get off our back sides to turn the heating up or down and manually move a dial a fraction of an inch until it clicks. Just like we do today when the first TV remote controls had a cable.
There are already a few battles going on behind the scenes as to who is going to set the standard with how all of our smart connected appliances and devices all talk together. There are all the smaller battles of which internet connect thermostat will become the dominant brand.
There is the recent announcement that the next Google owned Nest product is about to hit the high-streets (read Amazon) soon. Another Google acquisition dropcom and their range of slimline mountable and subtle security cameras are small and discreet and will be accessible from your smartphone anywhere in the world.
Now I do understand we can do this already. The difference is these are coming from a brand that is already attracting an awful lot of interest and make this items seem very accessible, easy to understand, and easy to set-up.
With Samsung committed to making their devices and appliances all internet connected we are going to see a mass rise of smart household appliances all become available very soon.
Only yesterday I was reading about a smart oven that is now available called  the June Oven. This smart oven is connected to your phone and can be completely controlled by it. It also is clever enough to know if something is undercooked or going to be overcooked and can adjust accordingly. I wont go into the details but check the website out its very impressive.
At the rate we are going we will very soon be able to start the washing machine, set the heating, run a bath turn the lights on and have dinner ready all perfectly timed as we walk in the door. We also know if the kids are doing there homework as we can see there every movement and track it too. Probably all from our self driving if not at least electric car. We likely did all of this using voice commands as even that technology is getting even smarter.
So the future is here it seems. Does make me wonder what would happen when the internet goes down ;-).
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