Danny Levons Stephen Vickers-Griffiths James

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Danny Levons Stephen Vickers-Griffiths James Haralambides PhD “Smart Home”: The future of living Rationale Materials & Methods Discussion Introduction The cutting edge of smart home technology lies within Radio Frequency signals (RF). Here are a few of the common RF technologies that are used to make smart homes a reality. INSTEON is designed to enable simple devices to be networked together using the power line and/or radio frequency (RF). All INSTEON devices are peers, meaning each device can transmit, receive, and repeat any message of the INSTEON protocol, without requiring a master controller or complex routing software Wi-Fi is used most commonly in home networks, Wi-Fi can provide public access at Wi-Fi hotspots provided either free of charge or to subscribers to various commercial services. ZigBee is a suite of high level communication protocols using small, low-power digital radios based on the IEEE standard for wireless personal area networks (WPANs), such as wireless headphones connecting with cell phones via short-range radio. Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances (using short length radio waves) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks (PANs). Smart homes connect all the devices and appliances in your home so they can communicate with each other and with you When we hear the term “smart home” most people immediately think about the Jetsons. The “smart home” concept can be traced to the early 1980s and that, more generally, of a technologically-enhanced “home of the future” much farther back in time. Alongside the evolution of these unrealistic domestic visions, our understandings of ourselves as inhabitants of such futuristic, “smart” homes – and of technology’s role in our lives – has changed over time as well. Smart home is a house that uses information technology to monitor the environment, control the electric appliance and communicates with the outer world. Smart home is a complex technology, at the same time it is still under major development. A majority of smart home systems are based on embedded systems that can easily act as a security guard of the home. The system can monitor the temperature, humidity, gas density, water immersion of the house and have infrared sensor that guarantees the family security. The system also has network and telephone connection to receive the owner's command and send the alert to the owner. The whole system includes a main control unit and input/output unit.