9 gadgets that make home more comfortable
A Life Technologies / / December 19, 2019
1. Teapot
Not simple, but clever. Such a device may boil the water, and heat it to an optimal temperature to brew tea, coffee or dilute infant formula. Kettle predetermined temperature will support up to 12 hours.
Manage intelligent device can even away from home, but this requires a stable internet connection and an additional device - such as a smart column, wallowing around smartphone or tablet. You send a command, column or smartphone and take it over Bluetooth redirect kettle.
For some models, there is also a light whose color can be changed. Such variants are suitable for lovers of romantic dinners: would like candlelight, with only a kettle. When choosing a teapot note whether there is a body of water with a temperature display - it does not have to constantly grasping for a smartphone.
2. Robot vacuum cleaner
After a day of cleaning - the last thing I want to think, but wait for the weekend and save money at the corners of dust is also not an option. The robot vacuum cleaner will save from the regular exercise with a broom and dustpan. You only need to give the command, it's time to start cleaning up, and then he can handle himself: explore every corner of the apartment, and will gather all the dust and crumbs.
If the vacuum cleaner has a constant access to the Internet, he will be able to report on the beginning and end of the process, and the more you will send to your smartphone signal for help if you suddenly get stuck on the threshold, or under the couch.
Robot cleaning schedule can be set for the whole week, so that he restore order, while you're at work. And even with a vacuum cleaner probably befriend your pets: get ready to gather a collection of videos, like a cat chasing a buzz around the apartment on the robot.
3. TV with Smart TV technology
See the whole family favorite series on your smartphone - a dubious pleasure. With a laptop, too hard: a movie with popcorn want to lie, but the computer still needs to somehow attach next to him on the couch.
If you are going for a long time to update the TV, look for models with Smart TV. Such a device can connect to Wi-Fi and watch movies and TV shows directly from the Internet.
There is a more budget option for organizing your home theater. Buy media player, connect it to the TV, casting a video from your smartphone or computer and enjoy your movies on the big screen. The truth is that the focus is a success, you need a fast internet connection, otherwise the video will slow down.
4. Climate control system
Winter - a bad time for the skin. Hot batteries dry the air, and the skin because of this itchy and scaly. Mucous gets too: if you ever experience a feeling that in the eyes of sand, is a sure sign that the humidity in the room is too low.
Wet towels on the battery - the last century. To assemble the home climate control system, buy a humidity sensor, a smart humidifier and smart outlet. The sensor will ensure that air does not become too dry, and if necessary, will give an outlet signal, that it included a humectant.
If the house has no problems with the internet, the sensor can be controlled remotely. He at any time, will report on the current temperature and humidity, and at the same time can show a graph of changes in these indicators.
5. smart outlet
Even if you collect a complete smart home until you do not plan, smart socket certainly come in handy. This salvation is for all who are regularly late, because it keeps coming back to the halfway house to check if the iron is switched off. With this outlet no worries: it is controlled via the Internet, so you just have to open the app on your phone and disconnect it from the mains.
More intelligent device monitors how much energy consuming devices connected to it: finally, you will learn from each month are taken imposing electricity bills. You can set up a schedule of work: if you suspect that your child does not sleep at night, and secretly cut in the game, turn off the outlet during sleep.
6. Smoke detectors and leak
The smoke detector can be installed in a kitchen or living room, and the sensors leaks - and in the kitchen and in the bathroom. They are connected to the Internet via a mobile app, and time will tell if the house that something went wrong.
Will be the source of the smoke - the smoke detector siren will react to this, and at the same time will send a notification to your smartphone. He is able to follow and the temperature in the room: a sharp increase in the alert device will send you a push and at the same time can disconnect all devices connected to smart sockets.
If the washing machine go haywire and will leak or the water will pour through a blocked sink edge, first you will know about it, not the neighbors. This is the case when there is no extra caution: it is better to spend money on aid than to give huge amounts of money for the repairs.
7. smart lamp
Yes, the lights are too smart. They can change the temperature and brightness of the light on the team from your smartphone. With this lamp does not need additional light sources. You can include full illumination, or configure a soft warm light for a cozy get-togethers. Some lamps have a disco mode for home parties: the LEDs flash, and the colors change at random.
Sleep and wake up becomes easier with smart lamp. You can schedule turning on and off and to select the appropriate scenario: sunset or sunrise. The lamp will simulate natural light, gradually reducing or increasing the brightness.
8. smart heater
How about a heater that does not account for electricity intimidating, and turns on only when really necessary? Smart device enters the active mode if the room temperature falls below a predetermined limit. When the room is sufficiently warm, the temperature is maintained in the power-saving mode.
There is a variant abruptly: heater that is activated when a certain distance from it man appears. Out of the house - the device is automatically deactivated. This technique is protected from overheating and switches off in the fall. If your animals like to arrange a pogrom, while you are at work, they can easily drop the heater, but fire will not.
To communicate with you this appliance is via the Internet. When will be going home from work, you open the app on your smartphone and are asking the temperature to which it is necessary to warm up the room. However, as in the case of tea, this would require an additional device - smartphone or tablet.
9. smart column
This high-tech nerve center of the house, if it is necessary to turn on the lamp or vacuum cleaner - are reporting this column, and it distributes commands to the devices. Can be used even finished the script, for example, before the arrival of guests column will launch the robot cleaner and the kettle will remind that you need to boil water.
The gadget is able to go online, so it can replace a smartphone with simple searches. For example, it will tell you that the weather and exchange rates, and at the same time warn about traffic jams on the road.
Smart column can replace alarm clock for people who have mastered the art to disable it on your smartphone and it does not wake up. If necessary, it will call a taxi, or even read the children a bedtime story. And so, with all this column can be used for its intended purpose, and to listen to your favorite music.
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