10 Home Automation Technologies

You might think you need to be an A-list celeb to receive star treatment, but that’s not always the case. Below are ten ways home automation will give you the perks of a star-studded life.

Interactive Touch Screen

Home automation systems, like Vivint home automation, come with a touch screen that will make you feel like you’re James Bond in your own home. The touch screen acts as the center of your home automation system and comes with two-way communication and remote control capabilities.
Text Alerts

You could be a star among your friends by having a house that interacts with you. A home automation system, like ADT Pulse, offers customizable text and email alerts that can let you know what’s happening in your home. With system notifications, you’ll always be up-to-date on the safety of your home.
Mobile and Web Access

This feature offers alerts that go beyond texting. You can also keep up with your home’s safety through the internet and mobile devices including iPhone, Blackberry, Droid, and other devices. You can also be even more high-tech and use Pulse app to check in on your home through your iPad or other tablet. Vivint also has an app that allows you to look in on your home no matter where you are.
Z-wave Technology for Small Appliances

The Z-wave wireless technology of Pulse sounds like something only the rich would be able to afford, but anyone can utilize the technology to connect your home’s electronics into one system. Through Z-wave, you can remotely control your appliances through your mobile device or web-enabled computer.
Automated Thermostat

With a home automation system governing your thermostats, you can live like a star while saving money and energy. A home automation system can give you the power to change the temperature or schedule a temperature change on your thermostat from anywhere; all you need is an internet connection.
Automated Lights

You might have thought that controlled lighting was only for the higher echelon, but with home automation, you can have the perks of added control. With a home automation system, you can control your lights whether you are at home or away. You can also set schedules for your lighting system to give the illusion that someone is home even when you’re off sipping margaritas on the beach.
Motion Detection

Home automation offers unique solutions to home security that you otherwise might not be able to have. With a home automation system, you’ll have motion sensors and video motion detectors to keep you aware of who should or shouldn’t be in or near your home. Recorded clips can also be sent to your smartphone.
Medical Help

Need personalized medical care? With a home automation system, you can have the service you need. Vivint, for example, uses sensors in the refrigerator or medicine cabinet to monitor your family member’s patterns. Vivint’s panic pendant is also great for the member of your family who is either disabled, elderly or needs medical care but also wants to maintain their independence.
Door Security

Some stars might have butlers to unlock the door for them, but you can get the same sort of luxury without Jeeves. With a home automation system, not only can you lock or unlock from almost anywhere, but you can also receive text or email alerts when your door has been locked or unlocked.
Video to See Who’s Entering

You might have thought that only millionaires would be able to have video surveillance in their homes, but that’s not the case. With ADT Pulse, you can watch secure video of your home in real time and even view stored video clips of the goings-on in monitored areas of your home. You can even watch recorded clips through your smartphone or internet browser.