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The Digital Home of 2013: Automated home control

Don Reisinger06.24.2008
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Flipping a light switch is so last century! The digital home in 2013 will provide residents with exciting new ways to control their houses, devices, and appliances, while saving energy. And who isn't happy about helping out ol' Mother Earth?

The technology is known as automated home control. Companies like Control4 have established businesses revolving around your desire to do as little as possible when you get home. Automated home control allows for one-touch home theater control, multi-room music, smart lighting that comes on when you use the room and immediately turns off when you're gone, and advanced temperature controls to increase energy efficiency while still keeping residents comfortable at all times. The systems often use a single remote. And, as if that's not enough, automated home security allows you to know the status and security of your home at all times via mobile phones and the Web.

Although the technology is available now, most homes aren't automated. But as more technologies enter the digital home and the cost of automation drops, automated home control will become far more common. With any luck, it'll even do your laundry while you're at work.

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Table of contents from the Industry Standard special feature, Ten Technologies from the Digital Home of 2013:

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