Smart home is not sci-fi — automatic blinds and real everyday comfort
A smart home is not about dazzling anyone with technology. It is about solving everyday problems. Automatic blinds are a simple example of that.
When my friends hear that I work in building automation, they immediately picture houses straight out of a sci-fi film, packed with super advanced technology, fully automated, with smart lighting and all sorts of scenes. In reality it is far more down to earth.
My experience and hundreds of conversations with different people show that a smart home is not about dazzling the client with technology, but about solving their everyday problems.
An example? Blinds that open and close on their own, which give you real, tangible comfort. No more standing at the window waiting for the blind to finally go up. You press one button, or set the blinds to open every morning once, and in the meantime you calmly enjoy your favourite coffee.
It looks like a simple function, but after a month you get so used to it that you cannot imagine living without it.
If you want to check what such a solution would cost at your place — on TECH.WILDE I prepare smart home quotes with no strings attached.
And you? Which problem would you solve first in your own home?