5 Advantages of a Smart Home in Creating a Better Life

Have you ever imagined how our ancestors felt when they experienced the effects of electrification in their lives? Just one change from oil lamps to electric lamps can bring about a monumental paradigm shift, with activities no longer constrained by when the sun rises and sets.

Technological developments are often the main driving force of human civilization, and one of the advantages of smart homes is their potential to improve the quality of human life like electrification.

Introduction to Smart Home

To better understand what a 'smart home' is, it would be easier if we use smartphones as an analogy. The older generation may have experienced the magnitude of the transition from the era of the Nokia 3310 rugged phone to the era of Android and iPhone smartphones like today.

Technology has changed from Nokia feature phones that were only used for texting and calling to the all-purpose iPhone that is now as cheap as a motorbike. Thanks to internet access, smartphones have now changed from being just a communication tool to a life companion that can answer almost all your needs or desires.

Well, through the smartphone analogy , it can be concluded that a smart home is a type of residence whose furniture or appliances are connected to the internet . Not only for remote control, smart home technology has great potential to improve the quality of human life in general.

The advantages of Smart Home in improving the quality of life

From the obvious, like improving home security, to the less obvious, like mapping healthier sleep patterns, smart home applications are becoming more diverse as smart home technology itself evolves.

For those who are still doubtful about the potential of this futuristic technology, perhaps the following examples of smart home advantages can serve as inspiration!

1. Smart Home can improve home security

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With the tradition of going home that is already ingrained in Indonesia, leaving an empty house is a risk that must be borne. Thanks to internet access, you can directly monitor the security of your home through an application on your smartphone from your village as long as there is internet access.

With smart cameras positioned at vulnerable points, you can get notifications when the camera detects suspicious movement or sounds. For peace of mind, smart cameras can also be installed inside the house and you can occasionally check the live feed to make sure the house is still safe and secure.

Another trick is camouflage using smart lighting . By turning on the lights at night so that it looks like your house is not empty, you can scare away bad intentions.

2. Smart Home can improve sleep quality

Having trouble getting a good night's sleep when you're in your thirties? Don't be too quick to blame the stresses of life and assume it's time for healing , the cause could be due to suboptimal sleep quality.

The invention of the light bulb did bring a revolution, but the light from the lamp can suppress the production of the hormone melatonin which helps regulate sleep patterns. Especially for those of you who are used to playing games until night, the melatonin in your body will be increasingly reluctant to see a monitor or smartphone screen that is still on.

Well, here smart lighting can help optimize sleep patterns and quality . By simulating a 'warm' reddish-yellow light, smart light bulbs can encourage melatonin production, which will ultimately make you sleepier.

This 'smart lamp' can also automatically turn off when you are asleep and turn back on in the morning with a 'cool' bluish light like daytime. This light will suppress melatonin production again and eliminate drowsiness smoothly rather than an alarm that usually only adds to the annoyance.

3. Smart Home can save electricity usage

After facing traffic jams on the way home from the office, imagine how annoying it would be to enter the house only to be greeted with a temperature of 32 0 C due to the scorching sun. The solution is of course to set the AC at the lowest temperature, which is 18 0 C, but unfortunately this method will be more wasteful of electricity.

It would be wiser to turn on the AC at a temperature like 25 0 C but thirty minutes earlier, so when you get home you won't feel roasted. Indeed, many ACs today have a timer feature , but this feature is still limited and not flexible if your return time changes.

Smart AC can be a solution, but for those who are reluctant to part with your old AC, there is also a smart universal remote that can be a mediator. Smart universal remote can operate your AC via infrared, and you can control the remote via the internet, you know!

The advantages of this smart device continue. Smart universal remote can also automatically turn off the AC when you are asleep in the early morning, and turn the AC back on when the sun starts to rise, proving that smart homes can optimize electricity usage depending on needs .

4. Smart Home makes life easier for people with limited mobility

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Have you ever realized how much of your life depends on your thumb? Much of the world is designed with the assumption that all of our body parts are operating normally, and anything that can be done to make life easier for those less fortunate is commendable.

With the smart home concept , home appliances can be controlled simply from a smartphone , making it easier for those with limited mobility to access them . Accessibility features on smartphones such as speech-to-text have also become more comprehensive, and people with disabilities now have many options for operating their smartphones.

Although being able to turn on the lights directly from a smartphone seems trivial, aspects like this can significantly change the lives of people with limited mobility. For those with disabilities or who have elderly family members at home, applying smart home technology is worth considering.

5. Smart Home as a personalization of living space

Try comparing your smartphone's home screen with your friend or colleague's, you will definitely find many differences on this one screen alone. One of the advantages of a smart home is the level of personalization available, and you can tinker with your home or room in such a way as to make it your personal smartphone .

In terms of aesthetics, for example, you can make your room look unique using millions of color patterns available on smart lighting products . While in terms of productivity, those of you who absolutely need caffeine in the morning can use a smart plug to turn on the coffee machine in the morning so that coffee is ready when you enter the kitchen.

Smart plug itself is a magical device that can change all 'stupid' devices into 'smart' ones. Simply plug the coffee machine into the smart plug , and the smart plug into the wall socket, and the coffee machine automatically turns into a smart device that you can control from your smartphone .

Taking advantage of Smart Home for quality of life

Not just a gimmick , smart home technology does have concrete potential to improve the quality of life. From small things like optimizing the use of air conditioning to save electricity to significant things like increasing home security, smart homes have the potential for disruptive innovation in various aspects of life.

For those of you who are interested in the transformative potential of smart home technology , you can check out various smart products at BIOTA Smart Home . From aesthetic 'smart lights' to anti-theft smart CCTV , BIOTA has everything you need to start transforming your home into a smart home of the future!

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