Tag: smart home
Future homes will comprise underground greenhouses and pet-sitting robots, claims study
Connected underground greenhouses to grow food, robots to look after pets and children, and drones to call people in for meals - these are all predictions for future homes, claim experts. A new report predicts that click and deliver homes – where houses will be designed from the comfort of your sofa and craned onto…
Is this what home of the future will look like?
The nation’s ideal home of the future will include windows that tint automatically in the sun, a heating system which recognises body temperature and lighting which responds to the time of day. Sounds great doesn't it? Just one problem - not many of us live in a big detached home like the one pictured! A…
Is smart home technology leaving Brits baffled?
The results from a recent study entitled ‘Smart Home Shopper’ reveal that more than half of Brits have purchased smart technology for their homes – but many have little idea how to use it. The research, published by field marketing agency Gekko, found that 56 percent of adults have bought the latest must-have smart home tech, including WiFi controlled security…
Hive introduces Warm Welcome Home Plan with Amazon Echo Dot voice control
Hive has launched the latest addition to its smart home package. Called the Hive Warm Welcome Home Plan, it brings together a family of Hive devices and an Amazon Echo Dot to help users create their smart home and control it using their voice. The package features Hive Active Heating with the option to have it professionally installed by a British Gas engineer, plus Hive Lights,…
John Lewis introduces ‘smart home experience’ at flagship Oxford Street store
At 1000 square feet, John Lewis' Smart Home Experience claims to be the biggest retail recreation of a smart home in the UK Following an 81% increase in smart home products in the last 12 months, high street retailer John Lewis today (7/4/2016) unveiled its new Smart Home experience at its…
