The document discusses smart homes and the Internet of Things. It outlines reasons for smart homes such as cost reduction, health, security and ease of use. It then discusses the current state of smart homes, including common components and why the smart home revolution is happening now. Finally, it discusses challenges and opportunities for smart homes in the future, including connected car projects and new technologies that could enable new types of home automation.

1. Smart Homes and Buildings

2. Why Smart Homes?
● Cost reduction
● Health
● Security
● Ease of use

3. Before going any further...
What is this Internet of Things people are talking about?
Are they related to smart homes?

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5. Current State of Affairs
- What are smart homes in terms of components?
- Why is the smart home revolution happening now?

7. Thanks to technological advancements..

8. But still…

9. Challenges
● Manageability
● Developing applications
● Incremental growth
● Deployment

10. Past : Efforts from the industry
1. Samsung - The Galaxy Gear and Samsung Smartphones
2. Honeywell - Tuxedo Touch (Video)
3. IBM - Long running research on Smart Cities

11. Present : Orchestra
“I have a light sensor, heat sensor and touch sensor. I
want a fire alarm system.“
ETA : 2 minutes.
Demo with Intel Edison Board, three sensors.

12. Future : Endless possibilities
● Connected Car project - Better traffic management.
● Leap Motion - Sixth sense.
● Myo - Hand gesture based control.
● Hybrid #1 - Revolutionize design and manufacturing
sector. (Video)
● Hybrid #2 - Leap Motion + 3D Hologram = Tony Stark
style robot manipulation.

13. Which leads to.. research!

20. HomeMaestro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8PJ5oeWrOY