smart houses

When people go out of town they always worry about robbers noticing their absence or a plumbing leak flooding their house. And after coming home from a vacation, houses are always cold, but a computer in a SMART house can solve all of these problems.
The technology of SMART houses once called the technology of the future is becoming a reality now. Proponents of smart house say the technology could be used within a couple of years. But not all people agree. “I don’t think everyone having a smart house is realistic, “ said Tim Swanson ’11 “ because people can’t afford them when the economy is in recession.”
Top of the line smart houses costs thousands of dollars, but some can be relatively cheap. Kits can be bought that can automatically lock a door or close a window for just a couple hundred of dollars. Higher end kits costing anywhere from a thousand dollars to ten thousand dollars can computerize your entire house. As parts of the kits house owners can turn on lights from across town or close their garage door when they leave it open. The easiest way to obtain a smart house is to build it from scratch but this is not cheap. Entire homes are being built with smart technology. Visitors fill out a short survey upon arriving about their favorite music or artist. Then when they enter rooms, their favorite song comes on or a favorite painting pops up on a digital screen.
Smart houses can hopefully be used in more practical ways. Computers can be programmed to call an ambulance if someone faints or to automatically close a window that you left open. But not all people like smart houses.
“I wouldn’t like to have a smart house,” said Matt Kuntz ’11, “because the computer doing all of the work would make me fat and lazy.