subject: How to Make Your Home an "Intelligent Home" [print this page] How to Make Your Home an "Intelligent Home"
In order for you to make your home a smart one, you will need to implement automation. With the help of some automation devices, we will be able to automate some of the common processes that we do at home such as cleaning the dishes, watering the plants, and managing home security.
Computers are definitely required in turning your simple house into a "high-tech" one. Computers let us control a lot of processes at home even without getting up or walking down to operate a certain device. All we need is just a computer and we can control the processes at the comforts of our seats.
When it comes to managing the security of our homes, computers are also helpful. We can set up a remote video surveillance camera in several places at home so that we may be able to monitor what is happening while we are away from home with just the use of computers. All we need to do is to watch the live feed from our house so that we may be able to monitor it. If in case there is an intruder, we can notify the authorities right away. Also, we can install alarms at home which will automatically turn on if it detects intrusion. You can also set these alarms to notify the police one they set off.
If we want the lighting in our home to adjust automatically according to the surrounding, we can install automated device such as a Programmable Logic controller to manage the automation process. The lights will turn on if it is dark and will turn off once it is already bright. The same thing goes with automatic air conditioning. If the systems detects that it is hot, it will do necessary adjustments according to your desired settings.
