Top ‘Smart Home Innovations’

Smartphones, Tablets and personal computers are seemingly revolutionised every other year. With bigger displays, longer battery life, higher definition graphics and human interactivity, we have grown accustomed to seeing a new design pop out every two years or so.

However, the innovation of mobile technology does not stop simply at phones; our homes are being revolutionised right before our very eyes, bringing things we could only imagine in science fiction movies into reality.

Here’s a list of some of the innovations you could be enjoying in the coming years.

LG’s Home Chat

No longer will your appliances merely be stationary in nature, with LG’s Home Chat users will be able to communicate with their house on a new personal level. You would be able to message your refrigerator asking about the contents, whether something will expire or whether something needs to be replaced.

Remote Oven Monitoring

There are several companies that are integrating wireless technology into ovens. Smart ovens will have the ability to cook your food to perfection, monitor internal heart and will turn off once your food reaches optimal internal heat.

Able to be controlled through a smartphone or tablet, burning the roast is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

Smart Refrigerators

Smart refrigerators has the ability to monitor contents, suggest recipes and even keep you connected to all your favourite social media sites like Pinterest or recipe sharing sites. Some appliances will even be able to remotely program the oven for the meal you are about to make.

Robotic Assistants

Budgee is a little robot that is a handy companion to rid you of the labor to haul things from one place to another. With the ability to travel on virtually any terrain, over sidewalks and ramps, and has a carry capacity of 50 pounds. Its 10-hour battery life will mean that Budgee will be around whenever you need lugging your dirty clothes to the laundry room, or bringing in the groceries.

Most probably, one of the coolest features is that Budgee follows its ‘master’ remotely, meaning wherever you go…it goes!

When not needed, simply fold it up and stash it away.

Triby

This kitchen communicator appliance will keep an entire family connected. It’s a Bluetooth speaker with the ability to receive calls and stream music via your smartphone. With the ability to link two phones to the device, communication is as easy as pushing a button. For parents, this would mean that in the case of an emergency, your children would simply rush to the kitchen, press a button and reach you instantly.

What makes this so cool is that it is essentially an oversized fridge magnet with some amazing features.

Smart Security

Some companies are working on creating smart security systems for your home. From being able to monitor carbon monoxide levels, where doors are being opened to even when drawers are being opened.

Facial recognition technology also allows these systems to inform the master user about the activity happening inside. When a family member arrives and even controlling your lights via your smartphone.

The home of the future

Some of these innovations are already available on the market and others are still in development, however, it is safe to say that the home of the future will facilitate trivial tasks allowing the user more freedom to do whatever they want.

In a few years all your cleaning, cooking and inventory could all be automated. Hello Jetsons, here we come!