Home Automation: Networking Home Appliances

Home automation (also known as domotics or smart homes) is the use of automated techniques designed to provide comfort and security for the people who live there. Home automation can close the curtains for you when it gets dark, turn on your TV on as you walk into the room, run your bath and even order your shopping!

In this section, you'll find a guide to intelligent homes, from the technology that's used, to the many different tasks that can be programmed to make your life easier.