1. High-tech Homes
By: Jose Alvarez, Elise MacGuidwin, Peter Bruen, Mike Wood

2. Objectives
• Introduce the high-tech home technology.
• Discuss specific gadgets within high-tech
homes.
• Discuss “green” high-tech homes.
• Evaluate potential drawbacks and risks.
• Forecast industry growth and the strategy to
succeed of one particular company.

3. History of Houses
•The first brick house was built before 7,500 BC.
•In 1880 electricity was first introduced to houses.
•In 1914 air conditioning is first introduced to houses.
•In 1987 homes have access to the internet for the first
time.
•In 1997 the internet access in houses becomes wireless.
•So what’s next?

4. The House of The Future
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DJr8QwgLEA
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Worth about $26 million.
Most of these technologies already available for home
installation.
The rest are about 1 to 2 years away.

5. Magic Mirror
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Time Magazine: “50 Best
Inventions of 2011”
Can check:
o weather
o calendar
o email
o news
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o health
Suggests tips about grooming,
hygiene, and fashion
http://brianhouse.net/works/reveal/

6. Virtual Dressing Module
• Allows you to select
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outfits and
accessories
Outfits are projected
onto your image
The outfit moves
with you

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The New Dining Room
Tell Table:
o Uses Microsoft Surface
technology
o Educational use
o Sharing purposes
 Connects to your
Windows Phone
Digital Picture
Frames
o Pictures
o Videos

8. Technology in Wallpaper and Kitchens

9. Eco-Homes
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Many people are using
technology to take their
homes in a “green” direction
Levels of “green” can range
from a few gadgets, to
monitoring systems, to
complete customization

10. The Heliotrope
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Extreme example of
an “Eco home”
Generates 5x the
energy it consumes
Moves with the sun

11. Energy Conservation
• Nexus EnergyHomes includes iPads used
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for regulating house functions in the
sales of their homes
Monitor and control energy use

12. Nexus EnergyHomes
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Climate Control
Lighting Control
Breaks the home into
“strategic circuits” for
easy energy monitoring
Mobile alerts/updates
available
“Net Zero” homes are
the goal

13. “Solar Decathlon”
• Bi-Annual college
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competition to build the
“greenest” home
Different colleges used
different technologies to
adapt to their
environments including...

14. • Using ice as A/C
• Solar Panels
• Recycled Building Materials
• Water Reuse/Rain Capture
• “Living” Walls
• Monitoring via Mobile Device

15. Potential drawback to EcoHomes
• Limited availability
• High upfront costs
• Reliance on technology
• Constantly evolving technology might
render home “obsolete”
• Not a guaranteed “break-even”

16. Security
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Hacking high-tech homes not very difficult.
Hackers can access locks, cameras, lights, even toilets.
Daniel Crowley, a Managing Consultant for SpiderLabs said ““It’s a
pretty bad scene. We looked over somewhere in the range of 10
products and only found one or two that we couldn’t manage to
break. Most didn’t have any security controls at all.”
Unintentional malfunctions.
Villanova dorm app CBORD Mobile ID.

17. Industry
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The market for high tech homes is predicted to be worth about $2.5 billion in just
a few years.
By the end of 2014 9.3% of homes in America will be automated.
Logically this has pushed many large companies to jump in:
•Time Warner Cable
•Verizon
•Lowe’s
•Sears
•AT&T
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Competition will reduce prices and lead to more inventions. Both expanding the
market and increasing market share will require companies to address issues like
pricing.

18. AT&T Digital Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJiyJD9O6aI

19. The Basics
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new campaign started last year, recently major advertising push
set to compete with established security providers
o ex: ADT, LifeShield
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also added benefits outside of security realm including:
o water package
o energy package
o door package
o camera package

20. Market Availability

21. Bringing Smart Homes Mainstream
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smart homes have often been seen as luxury, bringing to the masses
set up just like a cell phone package
monthly service charge and installation fee
o prices vary depending on plan
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not overly expensive, manageable for most families
allows for access at home and on the go through
smartphone

22. The Digital Life Application
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turns smartphone into all purpose “remote” that controls all aspects of
the home
ability to set up programs to automate series of actions, schedule tasks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU8PDySrKok

23. Discussion Questions
1. Do you think that AT&T and other companies will be successful in
bringing smart homes to the average homeowner through their Digital
Life campaign?
1. Would you invest in new green technology in hopes of being
environmentally friendly/saving money over the long term, even though
there may be a financial risk?
1. How do you think life would change if you lived in a high tech home? Is it
a positive or negative change?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8SC6bny1SA