Smart home, also known as automated home, can be based on hubs or platform, which would control smart devices and appliances. There are lot of major companies who provide you with such smart solution like Apple, Lenovo, Samsung and so on. Some of them even provide native application, which eliminates the need for WiFi.
Learn more about the role of IoT in smart homes!
IoT and caregiving
A fascinating innovation and use of smart home is the care for Elders. They provide assistance to respective elderly and to those with with any disabilities. These smart systems use assistive technology to assist in accordance with its owner’s disability. Systems like alert systems are connected to cochlear implants which is worn by hearing impaired users. Other system like Voice control, assist its users with sight and mobility limitations. All of these systems can have some add-ons which can act as safety features and other powerful features that can come in as extremely handy. They are found based on the requirements.
Since IoT is a quite diverse, it is quite impossible to talk about all of them but you can certainly find such solution based on the category mentioned above. Let’s take a look at some of the specific IoT devices and their setup and use.
Thermostat control
You are able to control a smart thermostat from any device connected on the internet. It could be your office computer, smartphone, smart watch etc. Setting up a smart thermostat is not much of a big deal and quite straightforward. You connect the device to the WiFi by turning on the WiFi of the device and connecting to yours after it has scanned the network. It is high likely that you need a manufacturer account, if you do not have one, create one from their official website.
When you are done creating the account, associate the account with the device. This will take you through bunch of steps and you should be done. Once you are done, try changing the temperature to your comfort and test it out. You will need to download the manufacturer provided app to your smart device in order to control the thermostat.
Lighting control
Yes, this one is beautiful and super cool to have and exist. You can setup and adjust things like when to turn on and off the lights from anywhere. You are also able to change the automation settings which would cause the light to change its warmth settings as the evening passes by and warmer/ colder, dimmer as the night goes on.
These two are just mere example of the things you can do with smart home appliance and IoT in general. Again, no matter wherever you need some smart solution, chances are someone got you covered and all you have to do is seek for it.