Intelligent household could revolutionize the four industries

Although in recent decades, the Internet and mobile computing has changed all of us in every aspect from life, but there are many old consumer industry to a great extent, maintain the original state.

But this situation is about to change. Low cost sensors is popular, the product development become quick and easy, plus smartphone applications and the rapid development of cloud computing, it all together is a smart home revolution, while most of us use daily amounts of existing products and services will be eliminated, replaced.

Here are four of them are already be turning the industry:

insurance

Last summer, I once away from home, home water pipe leakage as a result, the water district. Lucky is, I just bought the insurance. But the insurance company is not so lucky, finally for the equipment maintenance and house refurbishing spent $25000.

Think about it, if the leakage happened I (and the insurance company) can know at once. From leaking to find leaks, during this time is too long, if can leak earlier, this can avoid most of the damage, save a lot of money for insurance company (I also likely so in the future to enjoy premium discount).

In fact, depend on the current available smart home technology, most leakage loss could be avoided. Through under the sink and toilet bowl, and other such places to install humidity sensor, low cost and can install a in the smart phone and smart home network networking applications, which I can immediately aware of leaking.

This kind of technology have begun to seriously by insurance company, including I insure that. Just last week, I received a State Farm insurance company (State Farm) in an email, said can use the preferential price for me to install a set of Alice (Iris) smart home system.

It's too late, Alice. I already use SmartThings humidity sensor.

Elderly care

Everyone will change old one day. In everyone's life, has to deal with a difficult to take care of their parents, or old myself cannot provide for oneself and losing our independence.

Inevitable aging has brought enormous business opportunities, the elderly care market in the United States alone as much as $250 billion. This business is so huge, because both please people home care and residential nursing home, the price is very expensive. But with the smart home technology, many old people can live independently for longer, thus delay the residential care or change drastically lodged such as nursing home life.

So Israel company Essence for elderly Care problems developed a called "Care @ Home" smart Home solutions. Other kinds of solutions are emerging, and around the wearable technology innovation quickly, I expect to see a technological leap, that older people than before "fall, climb up" day advanced.

Housing security

As I said in the past, the old housing security and monitoring business could face the most dramatic changes. Housing security and surveillance industry market coverage has been unable to break through 20%, partly because most consumers are not willing to bear the high installation cost, will sign a package contract and pay $50 a month.

However, almost all consumers hope to have a security. And with low cost and can be installed in the residential security equipment to enter the market, those expensive contract and pre-installed scare away customers, now has a new choice. It is true that some consumers want their house can get all-weather monitoring, but even like Canary (Canary) this class provides can be installed in the system of the company, also introduced to the customer to pay extra for 24 hours customer service center monitoring solution.

Pet care

I this person, because of work or holiday weekend to dogs or cats at home alone, and therefore often feel guilty. Many people choose to like us cats and dogs in foster care in pet care, to ensure that they are doing well.

Now, you can talk about the "prosperous wealth" stay at home alone, neither please relatives and friends to the house to take care of, also need not pay to pet care. New smart home platform can help monitor your pet's every move, customized smart home solution can also feed the pet, and make you always keep your dog's health. May have the choice, then can give pet greater independence, as well as save some money for you to take care of a pet.