The smart home of the future is on our doorstep

The smart home has arrived — the internet is gradually making its way into everything from appliances to thermostats, and you’ll soon be able to control most things in your house from your phone.

But letting WiFi connected things into your house is a big step — they can watch you at all times and know a great deal about your most intimate life. So it’s worth getting one you trust and believe in.

Tons of products and whole ecosystems want to help you control your home via a single iOS or Android app. You can pick and choose your favorite gadgets to assemble an affordable intelligent abode on your own terms, or opt for an entire smart home system that does all the work for you. Here are some of our favorite smart home systems and individual gadgets.

If you have a wide variety of smart home gadgets, you'll need a central system to integrate and control them all.

With advancement in technology, scores of cool gadgets are adorning every home that has changed people’s lifestyle. The gadgets are not just fancy; they provide quick solutions to everyday problems. The simple design and improved functions reduce human effort and conserve space.

We lived with the most promising gadgets and allowed them to automate our house to see which can be most useful, and make you feel the most secure.

Products as smoke detectors can talk to you and let you know when there’s a problem and alerts can be viewed or silenced from your phone. Smart lights can be turned on using an app. You can change the colours and brightness, and sync them up with other apps so that they’ll flash when your phone gets a notification, for example. It lets you control up to 50 lights at a time. 

Security systems, Smart electricity switches, Smart Locks and a lot of more smart products are a reality now and can be shopped on your favorite store and everything at your doorstep.

IoT a simple explanation

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects—devices, vehicles, buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity that enables these objects to collect and exchange data. 

IP address space is necessary to be increased because with existing IPV4’s is limited and it would not be enough to handle all data that will be generated with IoT applications so IPv6’s would be used because it produce a huge increase in address space is an important factor in the development of the Internet of Things. An increase in the number of smart nodes, as well as the amount of upstream data the nodes generate, is expected to raise new concerns about data privacy, data sovereignty and security. 

Practical applications of IoT technology can be found in many industries today, including Media, Environmental monitoring, Infrastructure management, Manufacturing, Energy management, Building and home automation, Transportation, and Large scale deployments.