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Home Automation Based on Home Security, for True Peace of Mind

By:
Peter M. Rogers
|February 24, 2016With all the excitement around the burgeoning field of home automation, it's perhaps easy to overlook an important aspect of what people really care about in the home. A number of surveys taken over the past year indicate strong consumer sentiment about what underlies the current explosion in systems for the home: peace of mind, and that means home security.
Here's some context: electronic home security has been around for a hundred years, in one form or another, and it's evolved a lot more slowly than many other technologies. A great example of that concept is the statistic on cell phone replacement vs. a home security system upgrade.
How Long Do You Keep a Cell Phone?
Try this test: ask a group of people how many of them use a cell phone they have had for three years or more. Pretty much everyone will give you a funny look! Then ask a group of people with home security systems how long it has been since they upgraded that system, and you will get a very different response – because many homeowners still use the antiquated technology they purchased ten or even fifteen years ago. And the reason is, the system still makes them feel safe.
Home Security Does a Lot More Today
Yes, there have been many enhancements and improvements in home security, most of them in just the last decade or so:
- Safer cellular communication vulnerable phone or Internet connection to the monitoring center
- Wireless sensors that are easier to install, move, replace, and troubleshoot
- Pre-programmed fully functional security systems that are easily installed by the homeowner
- Apps for remote arm/disarm, and text or email notifications of alarm and other events
- Video features, for remote viewing into the home, and capturing alarm events