Smart Homes and Buildings

Why Smart Homes?● Cost reduction● Health● Security● Ease of use

Before going any further...

What is this Internet of Things people are talking about? Are they related to smart homes?

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Current State of Affairs

- What are smart homes in terms of components?

- Why is the smart home revolution happening now?

Thanks to technological advancements..

But still…

Challenges

● Manageability

● Developing applications

● Incremental growth

● Deployment

Past : Efforts from the industry

1. Samsung - The Galaxy Gear and Samsung Smartphones

2. Honeywell - Tuxedo Touch (Video)

3. IBM - Long running research on Smart Cities

Present : Orchestra

“I have a light sensor, heat sensor and touch sensor. I want a fire alarm system.“

ETA : 2 minutes.

Demo with Intel Edison Board, three sensors.

Future : Endless possibilities

● Connected Car project - Better traffic management.● Leap Motion - Sixth sense.● Myo - Hand gesture based control.

● Hybrid #1 - Revolutionize design and manufacturing sector. (Video)

● Hybrid #2 - Leap Motion + 3D Hologram = Tony Stark style robot manipulation.

Which leads to.. research!

HomeMaestrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8PJ5oeWrOY