You might have seen auto controlled washing machine,air conditioner, microwave oven, doors etc. Here auto controlled means, the appliances can be controlled remotely, say from workplace, shopping mall, airport etc. Let me explain you with one scenario, you left home in hurry and suddenly when you reach to distant place you realize you forget to turn off the Air Conditioner or microwave oven, the situation could be worse if it is not turned off within particular time frame, alright now getting back to home seems to be an impossible task rather is frustrating because you were already late for meeting, what if you could be able to turn off air conditioner or any other electric thing from same place, say from the smartphone.
This is where the home automation system comes into picture, the home automation is responsible for making your ordinary house to smart home or rather Smart Eco House. The automation of home is not limited to appliances, it is much beyond what you can think of, today with single handheld you can control doors, lights, computer, cameras each and everything that you ever dreamed of. The home automation can be seen fully functioning in various projects these days, more number of developers and architect are looking forward to incorporate home automation technology in order to ease the life of human beings.
The technology allowed us to live life that was never expected, today we have machines that work for us in real time, gone are the days when people used to talk about semi automatic / manual. These days everything is just automatic. Home automation products start from few hundred dollars to several thousand, depends on the quality of brand. The big picture has yet to be released when most of the common people will see functioning of home automation in there own flat, the much of new projects are rolled out with automation. but the existing one has re-innovate for which cost involve would be high.
The home automation does not means, it is limited to one individual house, it means each house is controlled using central location, it can be anywhere either in your society office or at distant place. Be ready for next generation gadgets which are not smartphone or laptop this time but Smart Homes.