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Future planning
Mark Booth outlines pioneering work in intelligent building technology and ways in which new applications can help improve building services, security and fire safety in the home
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N TERMS of the ‘Home of the Future’, new smart solutions are now being produced and promoted as the next breakthrough
technology for safety and home convenience. Technology is able to deliver a truly connected building, in which all building services operate as a single control technology, and that extra connectivity within a building’s environment can also include access control, alarm systems and multi room audio entertainment. Forty years from now, the remote control
smart home will become everyday – modern buildings are already being designed with highly intuitive and intelligent systems, which are creating a working brain within the home that responds to your lifestyle, personal preferences and daily routine. Moreover, alongside home convenience and security, premium technology manufacturers are now expanding their horizons further and exploring health and well being. Imagine a world where your home monitors your health and alerts you when something’s wrong. Such technology is already here – it is just a question of creating awareness of what it can do.
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www.frmjournal.com Sleep disorders are also going to be
catered for in special rooms designed in the home where sensory deprivation will combine with future medical technology. This type of smart home solution using personalised medication that targets your body to ensure sound sleep every night is revolutionary. Smart home trends focus primarily on
utility, offering homeowners self serving technology such as personal communication systems, security, lighting, heating, and control schemes for blinds. Other examples include simple functions like turning on the oven remotely, checking the temperature of your refrigerator or starting the laundry before you get home. Pre programmed devices are already gaining momentum, but in the field of future home entertainment, a combination of augmented reality, virtual reality and mediated reality is likely to infi ltrate the home. Making home entertainment more interactive than ever before, this type of technology will continue to span throughout the home and to enhance future intelligent build technologies and solutions.
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