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Thursday, October 26, 2017

How To Make Your Home Smart At The Lowest Budget

By Rebecca Walker


Technology is attempting to connect and run everything via the internet and remotely. This is aimed at getting homes to be more comfortable and eliminate the needs to control everything manually. Tech specialists have given their idea of how to make your home smart while keeping your expenses at bear minimum. Here are gadgets and devices that will make this dream a reality for you.

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.

The nest protect is a device that detects air quality indoors and alerts through a loud sounding alarm whenever it detects danger. Some of the gases that this gadget will detect include carbon monoxide that would be potentially fatal for the entire family. For sloppy cooks, you may need to turn down detection of some gases unless you want the alarm to go off every time the toast gets roasted.

Bluetooth speakers have been in use for a while. However, you still have to control them by dialing and can only play the music that is in your phone. What if you could search by voice from the internet and create your desired list? This is the capability provided by the new generation of internet enabled speakers. By programming your voice within the speaker, you only need to mention a song, it is searched on the internet and plays immediately.

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 monitoring appliances and devices that consume energy in your house? There is an automatic plug that allows you to shut down an appliance once it has hit a particular level of consumption. You may also shut down all appliances that are connected to the plug as you leave the house. It is only worth a few tens of dollars.

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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