Imagine walking into your Santa Cruz home and turning off the alarm, locking your doors, opening the windows and starting your coffee maker, all with a few taps of your finger on your smart phone? What if you had a home security camera that you could monitor from anywhere and a motion sensor that would send you an email when your kids come home from school? What if you could open your blinds or unlock your home for a visitor, even from halfway around the world?

The technology that powers our home security systems is getting more and more sophisticated and in the future, our homes will be more responsive than we could ever imagine. Rather than a simple line of defense that keeps out burglars, it will be a completely integrated and custom designed automated system that responds intelligently to your needs.

Smart Home Technology

At the moment, prototypes are being developed already for integrated home security systems that have individual internet protocols that can address everything from a fridge to a window to a door. This connectivity essentially gives everything in your house an internet address, so that you can control them and monitor them digitally. Once the system is linked up it can be controlled remotely by BlackBerry, Apple or Android.

The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year showcased a number of smart phone apps and devices designed to control everything within your home so that you can master the household with the click of a button.

The Future is Still on Its Way

Although the technology is being developed, there is still a long way to go until we all live in automated houses like on The Jetsons. There are many different conflicting operating systems, setups, standards and approaches that will need to be worked out until the dream of a fully automated Santa Cruz home can become a reality.

For more information about homes, feel free to contact me at 831.662.6522 or send me an email at Lauren@LaurenSpencer.com.

For additional real estate information, please visit my home page at www.MySantaCruzRealEstate.com.

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