Smart Home Inspiration Series – Safety, Security And Care

As part of our Smart Inspiration series, we look at some of the key ways smart technology can be employed to facilitate safety, security and even care within the home.

Security

For many, peace of mind is right at the top of the priority list for the, and smart technology is more than happy to oblige, with automated lighting, remote or automatic locking, and security camera monitoring.

Smart home security can:

Sense motion and automatically activate security cameras

Activate security lighting

Alert you to someone at the front door and enable you to speak with them, even remotely

Lock windows and doors remotely

Lock windows and doors automatically at pre-set times of the day

Play a role in “scenes” which see the go into ‘away mode’, locking doors and shutting off electrical appliances.

Create scenes to look like you’re home even when you’re away.

Safety

In addition to security, the sensors in smart home technology facilitate a host of safety features that enable home owners to monitor and secure their environment against potential threats.

From a pot boiling over on the stove, to smoke detectors, fire alarms, and evacuation lighting, all these improvements help provide additional peace of mind.

home theater safety can:

Alert you to a fire or water overflow in the smart when you are at home or away

Allow you to ascertain the exact nature of the threat (where it is, and what it is)

Enable you to shut down individual appliances (like the stove top)

Automatically activate ventilation and fans to quickly clear smoke

Keep track of what’s occurring through cameras

Record an incident and response for insurance purposes

Enable swift evacuation with emergency lighting that directs occupants from the home

Care

Occupant care is an emerging feature of the smart home, with further improvements to come in future years. And already potential benefits of smart technology have been identified when it comes to assisting the elderly or disabled maintain their independence.

Smart care can already:

Allow for occupant monitoring

Enable immediate medical or panic alerts that directly contact emergency services and family

Automate features like home locking

Sense when someone enters a room and activate lights

Enable people with mobility issues to see who’s at the door via camera, and allow guests entry if the resident desires

Make daily tasks easier via sensor lighting, automated scenes etc

Provide reminders via voice assistant

Enable remote healthcare through video conferencing

Assist people with sight problems using voice assistants that can play music, read audio books etc

Smart home care in the future will also likely:

Integrate wearable technology with the smart home

Monitor and track the movements/activities of people with memory decline

Automatically sense when someone falls and alert others if they can’t get up

In the next edition of our Smart Home Inspiration series, we’ll look into the ways smart home technology is revolutionising entertainment within the home.