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What features will your smart home have?

More and more integration of technology is happening in the home. As a result, homes are now being built with features already built-in. Whether it's a security system, entertainment systems, or simple lighting systems. What features, if any, would you want in your ideal home?

View A

It would be interesting to integrate technology into the home. We could remotely have access to check all aspects of our home from checking to see if the door was locked to turning the lights on and more.

View B

Technological systems in the home would be nice but are expensive and provide little value. My home is my escape. The less technology issues I have to deal with in my home, the better.

4 comment(s) so far

Maven thinks: I've always thought that an excellent to manage the use of electricity is to add motion detectors to rooms to determine if the lights should be on or off. I know that Microsoft has been working on systems where not only do the lights turn on to your desired levels, the room may also start playing your favorite music and show your favorite artists paintings on a digital canvas.

ztyler thinks: I wish I could access my home from anywhere simply by going to a personalized 'home page'. It could integrate lighting, security systems, and even allow me to turn the lights on and off while I'm away. An interesting feature might be to also show me power consumption over the span of a month. I think that would allow more people, especially business travellers, to leave their home with the peice of mind that they can still keep watch over it.

Simpler thinks: I do want technology in my home. Just make sure you meet my criteria:

- Invisible. Or at least as small as possible. Remove all wires and boxes and let it disappear.

- Self configuring. Have already spent too many valuable hours attaching DVD recorders to TVs, PC to TV etc.

- Easy to use. My wife must be able to use it without me having to play the role our our home's "technology operator."

- Providing real value. I don't need all kinds of crazy gadgets that just waste my time and create a mess.

- Low power consumption. Power prices are going up and the lifetime cost of one device versus the other can be substantial. Hey, think about CO2 emissions.

sunny29584 thinks: Techonology is good thing to have but it should not be just technology but it should be Affordable Living.