The Internet of Things, Samsung Smart Home — 2014 calls.

Internet of Things. What is that you may ask. Well, it’s basically building on the futuristic concept of the 2000s. That is Internet everywhere, in every small appliance which can be controlled by a tap on the screen of your mobile device. Samsung announced something known as the Samsung Smart Home which is based on similar lines.

Every device would be able to upload images and data to a secure server which would make it so easy to conduct surveys, get reports about damaged traffic lights and locate stolen cars. Gone would be the days where we had the fear of someone breaking into our homes as their house would be active and would alert the user about some suspicious activity near their house and then the user would be shown a real life video feed, seeing which he/she can decide whether to call the authorities or not. Seems all futuristic right? Well it’s true and Samsung has brought it with the name ‘Samsung Smart Home’.

Well their model demoed the air conditioning and the lighting going off when we walked out. There is even Galaxy Gear integration. We can control various appliances with the dedicated app on mobile phones. However Samsung like always wants to keep it to itself and hence it is being said preliminary support is only going to be for Galaxy devices and other devices will be added on later.

I feel this is more or less trying to monopolise the market again. However seeing that not many of us are ready to change most of our equipment just for some added laziness and a few inches around our waist (which is effectively being done by pizza), we have time and we can wait for other companies to present their cards and for Samsung to draw some new ones as well. What do you think about this new technology that is probably going to predominate our homes in the next decade or so? Let us know in the comments below.