| Living in a home where all the devices can be | | | | on. You don't have to get up and go to the |
| controlled by a single control panel or a small | | | | kitchen, thereby interrupting your movie-watching |
| remote control is not an idea from the movies. It | | | | experience. Simply touch an icon on your touch |
| is very much a reality. You would remember that | | | | screen wireless control panel, and the lights in |
| televisions and computers were once believed to | | | | your kitchen will go off. |
| be the products of fiction. Today, you can fully | | | | Certain home automation systems can be |
| automate your house and control your devices | | | | programed to respond to your voice. It records |
| with the help of a single control panel. | | | | your voice first, and thereafter, obeys all your |
| Many people have installed home automation | | | | spoken commands. Besides the touch screen |
| systems in their houses. The technology has | | | | wireless control panel, you will be able to control |
| proved to be a blessing for those who lead busy | | | | your devices through your voice alone. Simply use |
| lives and has made their lives more comfortable | | | | a command and your computer will record and |
| and secure. You can use your home automation | | | | store it. When you give the same command |
| system to control each and every electronic | | | | again, your computer will match your voice with |
| appliance in your house. | | | | the stored recording, and will instantly turn off or |
| Previously, home automation systems were not | | | | turn on the respective lights or electronic device |
| wireless. They were controlled by a hard-wired | | | | or watering system. |
| control panel. Thanks to advancement in the field | | | | You can now connect your home automation |
| of computer technology, wireless home | | | | system to the Internet. Irrespective of where |
| automation systems are now available in the | | | | you are, you can access the devices in your |
| market to enhance the quality of life of people. | | | | house via the Internet. For example, if you are |
| Automation manufacturers have now integrated | | | | caught in traffic, you can turn on your PDA, go |
| wireless technology in their home automation | | | | online, and through the Internet, you can turn on |
| solutions. Some of us have already used | | | | your air conditioning to cool the temperature of |
| hard-wired automation systems. Now, just | | | | your house, the music system to play your |
| consider the benefits of wireless technology | | | | favorite music, and the coffee maker to make a |
| integrated into a home automation system. | | | | cup of hot coffee for you. Once you reach home, |
| A home automation system comprise three parts: | | | | you will find your home set to the perfect |
| a computer-like microprocessor, a structure | | | | temperature while your favorite music greets |
| wiring, and a connection center. A professional | | | | your ears and a cup of freshly brewed coffee |
| usually does the structured wiring and connects it | | | | waits for you. |
| to the connection center, within which the | | | | With a wireless home automation system, you |
| microprocessor is located. The microprocessor, | | | | can control what happens in your house |
| which you control, in turn controls the entire | | | | irrespective of where you are. Home automations |
| automation system. The microprocessor has only | | | | of the future might bring more wonders. Maybe |
| one function--communicate with the devices in | | | | future home automations will integrate robot |
| your house. It translates your commands in a | | | | technology, and one day, you will have your own |
| language that your home devices can understand. | | | | personal robot to do all your work for you. Your |
| A wireless home automation system uses a | | | | robot might even have a hot dinner ready for |
| touch screen wireless control panel, which you can | | | | you by the time you come home from work. |
| carry with you. Consider the following scenario. | | | | Technology has made life safe,secure, and easy. |
| You are watching a movie, and you suddenly | | | | You can live in a "home of the future" today itself. |
| remembered that you have left the kitchen lights | | | | Simply install a wireless home automation system. |