Have you ever wished that one day, when you come home, you won’t have to adjust the air conditioner’s thermostat, turn on the lights, and check windows and doors one by one before you go to sleep to see if ...
Smart Home Robots
In the age of information technology, we live increasingly busy lives. Modern people need help with their everyday tasks, from cleaning houses to ensuring security. And there’s nothing that can perform these tasks better than a smart home robot. The ...
The Future of Smart Home Solutions
Technology improves at a rapid pace, and the smart home solutions that are available today are better than they were just a few years ago. It is likely that the solutions that will be available in the coming years are ...
The IT Manager’s Survival Guide in the Age of “Smart Everything”
Image Source The world is getting “smarter” by the minute. We live in smart homes, work in smart offices, drive smart cars and of course, use smart phones. A programming novice can now build a whole website using smart apps. ...
A Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Smart Home
Most people dive headfirst into smart gadgetry, acquiring various smart technologies at their whims rather than adhering to a rigid smart home plan. However, the no-strategy approach to smart tech is a bad one; it almost guarantees that some devices ...
Home Devices Make Life Easier, Simpler or Safer
With home-based devices, for some people, it’s all about convenience and nothing else. They want to save time when they get home from work in the evening or to avoid using up half their weekend in the garden trying to ...
Are Smart Things Really Smart?
Very few doubt the digital era is well under way now. Smart TV sets, vacuum-cleaning robots, surveillance cameras, access control systems, etc., speak in favor of digital transformation. They have already become a part of everyday life. But do ...
Smart Glass Controls Lighting and Temperature
Research Frontiers, a New York based research company, has developed a “Smart Glass” that can regulate the level of incoming light through windows. The company developed and patented a film technology called Suspended Particle Devices (SPD) that can vary the ...
Smart Contact Lenses
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have recently designed a contact lens prototype with a built-in pressure sensor using a novel process that etches tiny electrical circuits within a soft polymer material. The new development could help glaucoma patients ...
Flexible Computers Conform to Any Shape
Researchers at the Human Media Laboratory, Queen’s University in Canada are developing prototypes of new “non-planar” devices, which are virtually computers that have a flexible shape. Computers are nifty, but too bulky to be carried around. Even a laptop is ...