Evolution of Home Automation Technology
M. Salim Beg · 2009
In modern society home and office automation has become increasingly important, providing ways to interconnect various home appliances. This interconnection results in faster transfer of information within home/offices leading to better home management and improved user experience. Home Automation, in essence, is a technology that integrates various electrical systems of a home to provide enhanced comfort and security. Users are granted convenient and complete control over all the electrical home appliances and they are relieved from the tasks that previously required manual control. This paper tracks the development of home automation technology over the last two decades. Various home automation technologies have been explained briefly, giving a chronological account of the evolution of one of the most talked about technologies of recent times.