{"id":7262,"date":"2016-03-19T10:35:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T17:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=7262"},"modified":"2016-03-19T10:39:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T17:39:46","slug":"smart-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/smart-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How smart homes will be in the very, very near future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once you peel away the \u201cgosh-wow\u201d veneer of smart technology and look at the bigger scheme of things, it\u2019s pretty daunting to consider how close we are to being on the brink of having our entire homes Smart-fitted.<\/p>\n

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\nWhether this is a good thing or not is perhaps not the point at this time. What we need to recognize is that smart homes ARE coming. Heck, to an extent they are already here. The thing is, are we smart enough to live with the technology?<\/p>\n

The IoT and you<\/h2>\n

I wrote about this very thing not long ago (you can read about it here<\/a>) and what I came up with is a viable argument regarding how smart you want your home to be: Sure the technology is cool and think how impressive that special someone will be when you click a remote to dim the lights, another to light the fireplace and yet another to start the coffee maker. But how many items can you absorb?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately at this point the Internet of Things (IoT) universe cannot yet be controlled soley with your smart phone. Personal security is another issue: it\u2019s easy enough to get hacked when all you do is log on to your computer. What happens when your entire house is wired?<\/p>\n

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The future is now<\/h2>\n

Consumers have really only taken to and begun to embrace and access the potential of the smart home since the wildfire\u2013like spread of smart phones and related devices. In fact, according to an article on Vibrantdoors.co.uk<\/a>, \u201cAs a result of this continued transition, it\u2019s expected that the global number of houses that have adopted smart home technology will double by 2018 from almost 100 million in 2014 to 200,000 – about 10% of all houses on the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, when the Vibrantdoors team surveyed followers as to what people\u2019s biggest desire was for smart technology within their house:<\/p>\n