Examine the history of smart homes how technology shapes our lives and ways you can think
about the home when developing new products. This book presents the opportunities in the
homespace that will come from understanding the history and multiple players that have
contributed to the development of the home in general. You'll start by breaking down the
historical societal and political context for the changes in focus of that 'smartness' from
affordability efficiency convenience to recently experimentation. The second half of the book
then reviews what current developments tell us about what our homes will look like in the next
10 years through the lens of spaces services appliances and behaviours in our homes. Over the
past 100 years the home has been a battleground for ideas of future living. Fueled by the
electrification of cities the move from the country to cities post-war recovery andthe
development of the internet the way we live at home (alone or with others) has changed beyond
recognition. Science fiction writing the entertainment industry art and modern interior
design and architecture movements have also contributed to defining our aspirations around a
future and now more present and possible 'smart' home. Smarter Homes looks at the many new and
innovative products that are being developed in the consumer and industrial spaces with a
copy-paste mindset based on following larger businesses such as Amazon Google and Apple. What
You'll Learn Understand the historical context for current smart home products Review the
social aspect of home product development Discover new home technologies being developed and
which ones are available now Track the industry behaviors being leveraged and how theymay
affect longer term market trends for consumer products Who This Book Is ForEveryone working in
product design and development in R&D or in trends research as well as those interested in
the IoT for the home. This book will also give product business owners ideas about what has
been done before and and avenues for future development.
