Gadgetory

imagine a future where everything in your home from the lighting to the drapes to the theater system is all automated and controlled by the tablet in your hands home automation is a big trend that's getting less expensive every day the simple nest thermostat brings energy savings and remote control to an entire house companies like Phillips and Lutron offer remote controllable lighting that can integrate with heating cooling and security and there are even reports that Apple and Google are getting into home automation maybe in a big way but all-in-one options are coming along slowly one new choice is Xfinity home and full disclosure Comcast is currently a sponsor of our show you have things like your able to control your thermostat you can set it for a certain temperature you can turn it off and on remotely using your iPad iPhone or any Android device you can also do things like you know control the lights in your home you can plug these little wireless adapters into any actually any kind of device so you can use crock pots curling irons I mean there's a lot of uses people get really creative the system also integrates security so you can set cameras and sensors throughout your house and keep an eye on things like your garage or your front door this door right now for instance has a sensor that will tell you as soon as the door is opened the alarm would trigger that's just a regular door sensor the Xfinity system is a little pricey it's a few thousand dollars for installation you pay for individual Hardware add-ons and the alarm and monitoring fees are thirty to fifty dollars a month plus you have to have Comcast broadband internet service can you say bundle but in a world where price really is no object consider a whole other type of home automation like the kind that hides TVs in your mirrors I don't want to lose any mirror real estate but I really want a TV in my walk-in closet you can have both we're here to say yes technology has a way engineered environments develops tech systems for people who want their tech to be integrated motorized and totally invisible inside the design of their houses moving so you can just put a TV in like any old piece of furniture yes here is the ability to bring up your Apple TV through a wall a wall of Rolexes look at that no not not not one of them is good we can put an iPad in the wall we will put an iPad this is a concept by studio Becker which is taking the toaster and your espresso machine as well as a lot of your utensils that who you'd use for cooking and it motorized is it directly into the kitchen if you want to maintain views and you don't want to have a wall full of cabinetry you don't have to compromise and our kitchens will also have multi panel touch enabled screens everywhere obviously so the browser enables us to bring up a browser window do any web surfing maybe we want to do as well as share it among the different video panels so if you're cooking with somebody on the other side of the kitchen and something interesting happens over here over there like Minority Report on this side send it back to you we could play an elaborate game of pong yes home automation is still new it's still harder more expensive and more difficult than it needs to be but it is getting closer and I and my Rolexes will be waiting you