When we think of the smart home, often attention turns to the interior – to lighting, entertainment and temperature control, but beyond the interior of the smart home, there’s also very real value in creating a smart garden technology. A place where lighting can be automated, temperature and soil conditions can be monitored and plants…
Imagine something as simple as your household blinds could be automated? They could rise to welcome the new day, sense the level of warmth of an afternoon and close, or acknowledge you are intent on watching the latest release movie in a cinema-style environment and respond accordingly? Well, automated blinds are just one feature of the modern…
Thirty or so years ago when the internet was in its relative infancy, it would have been hard to image the smart homes we have today…appliances connected to the internet, automated tasks and voice activators that allow us to tell our homes what to do. Which begs the question, if we’ve come this far, how…
Imagine you utter a few little words in the morning and your home automatically springs to life…lights in the hall turn on, blinds open, the coffee maker quietly starts brewing a cup of the finest java and your daily appointments are read. Well, believe it or not, that smart capability is already at play and…
The Australian voice assistant market is about to get a whole lot more vocal with the recent launch of Apple’s offering; Apple HomePod After a significant period of testing and an unveiling last year, HomePod was officially released in Australia on February 9, signaling a whole new era in the adoption of voice activators and…
The smart home might steal much of the media limelight, but the technology that drives it is being employed far beyond just the environment in which we live. In fact, business is also a major driver of Smart Office Technology adoption as more and more offices see the very real value of employing its features…
Smart living is all about convenience, about taking mundane everyday tasks and making them more intuitive, automated and easier to manage in a time-poor world. And each year we see products unveiled aimed specifically at accommodating this need for Smart home Convenience. From fridges that offer you meal advice to ovens that switch on as…
The automation of home entertainment continues to drive smart home adoption, with voice activators a major contributor to this growing field. Meanwhile, recent product launches like Apple HomePod speakers, and the arrival in Australia of the Amazon Echo range are propelling this trend further into the mainstream. In this edition of the Smart Home Inspiration…
Safety and security rank as some of the top priorities for many people considering the implementation of smart home technology. This sector is proving particularly attractive to older Australians but is in no way limited to an aging population. As part of our Smart Home Inspiration series, we look at some of the key ways…
With 2018 tipped to be the “year of the smart home” more and more everyday Australians are investigating how to apply this new technology to their existing world. Meanwhile, as a host of common household products board the smart home train, the potential to transform the way you live and the comfort you enjoy is…
