5. Smart Homes: Tomorrowland Today
Smart TVs and appliances are just part of the smart home of the future. Already you can control heating, cooling, lights, and alarm systems over the Internet with your smartphone; imagine a world where your home is smarter than you are and can do all of this (and more!) automatically. It’s what Nest (a company we discuss later in this chapter) calls the “conscious home,” and it’s coming your way soon.
Automating the Home
When you assemble a collection of smart devices under one roof, and you enable them to connect to and communicate with one another, what you end up with is typically called the smart home. Some people also call it home automation, because all of your smart devices work in concert to automate ...
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