WOULD YOU LIVE IN A SMART HOUSE ??

 Would you live in a smart house?

(BY Eugenia G.)

Although we could think that it is from the future (in fact, we have seen it in a lot of science-fiction films), it is a reality now. Smart houses existed for some years ago and they will be existing, more evolved, in the future.  But, what is, really, a smart house and in which way it could improve our quality of life?

In the first way, a smart house is a house managed by a home automation, that is to say, a system capable of automating a house or building of any type and which provides energy management, security, welfare and communication services. It could be defined as the integration of technology into the intelligent design of a building. If we think ABOUT  that meaning, we could say that a smart house could solve our domestic problems, like how to regulate the temperature or how to avoid a robbery when we’re not home. However, by now, smart houses can’t make more than this. In 20 years, maybe, they will have evolved to make the shopping when the fridge is empty or to call a technician when the tv doesn’t work.

In my opinion, smart houses can help us in our daily lives, so we don’t have to think about certain details. However, I am still afraid of having to rely so heavily on technologies.