At present, IoT (Internet of Things) promises smart homes handling a range of necessities including waking you up in the morning, safeguarding your abode against intrusions, and monitoring your health too. The present smart home devices consist of different types of features as well as services which we could not have imagined even a few years back. Here, we will be mentioning a few of these smart devices and how they have helped to improve our lifestyle in the long run. So, let us not waste time and look at the use of IoT at home.
- Lights
Smart lighting systems are able to turn on and off automatically during the day, and they can also adjust the intensity of the illumination according to the mood or requirement. For example, it will be able to dim the lighting for creating a cozy ambiance simply by reading information from a wearable which indicates that the person is exhausted.
- Music
In the same manner, it is feasible for the smart home system to collect the listening preferences of the members of the household depending on activities or events and they can also compile playlists which turn on automatically while they are on a treadmill or at the time of a party.
- Smart gym equipment
It will be possible for the users to obtain personalized workouts that match their present fitness levels simply by monitoring the health and making use of heart rate plus other variables.
- Fitness trackers
Fitness trackers and other types of wearable will aid in monitoring and recording health regularly and also independently. The personal benchmarks of health and wellness can also be easily created depending on that information out there.
- Gates and doors
Apart from remote monitoring and controlling of gates, doorbells, and locks, visual recognition can also be used by the intelligent home security systems for opening and closing doors to the residents automatically.
- Home appliances
Try to think of smart home devices that turn on automatically for waking you up with your favorite beverage or van get a hot and scrumptious meal cooked for you while you return home from work in the evening. These sorts of services can be provided by the smart home appliances of the future just by controlling the sockets where the appliances are connected.
- Air conditioning and thermostat
Smart home systems are able to sync with weather updates and they can also regulate information from variables for controlling the temperature within the residence more effectively. It will also be able to track the number of individuals at any given point of time within a room so as to set the appropriate temperature.
- Garden
A lot of homes make use of time-activated watering systems or sprinklers at present, and many IoT-enabled houses go one step further for monitoring the condition of the garden soil to verify its dryness prior to irrigating it automatically.
- Anti-intrusion safeguard
Smart homes will be capable of safeguarding themselves against any intrusion by activating the alarm zones within the residence and thus help to maintain the security of the house.
