The past few years have seen a recent boom in smart-home technology, with new kits, sensors and gadgets flooding the market.

Origen: Four ways to make your home smarter

Here are the best smart locks on the market. We considered installation time, security, convenience features and smart home compatibility.

Origen: Best Smart Locks 2016 – Ditch Your Keys for Digital Entry

The 2015 State of the Smart Home report, an annual report released by smart home technology maker Icontrol, shows simplicity and ease-of-use trump technological innovation when it comes to smart home technology. Problems like realizing you left the lights on in the basement after already settling into bed on the second floor and being able to turn it off with a few taps on a smart phone, wanting to watch a movie and, at the touch of a button, turning a living room into a home theater with lighting, visual and audio presets, or locking the front door from the office after leaving in a rush. The report examines the changing adoption indicators and attitudes toward home automation, levels of intent to purchase connected products and desires and concerns about owning ‘connected’ technology. The completely wired house has speakers in every room, video security that can be viewed from any connected mobile device regardless of location, automated door locks that can be turned on and off from anywhere or preset to let in guests or household staff, lighting settings for any time or mood, automated heating and cooling and automatic shade control. According to the Icontrol report, 51 percent of Americans said they would pay up to $500 to make their existing home smart, with 32 percent showing willingness to pay between $500 and $3,000.

Origen: The Raw Files: Making your house smart to solve everyday problems – GreenwichTime

There are a wide variety of technology platforms, or protocols, on which a smart home can be built. Each one is, essentially, its own language. Each langua

Origen: Home Automation Protocols: A Round-Up – EH Network

Le marché de la smart home fleurit, même s’il est déjà occupé par les géants tels Apple, Amazon et Google. Comment percer dans cette branche en Europe.

Origen: Comment réussir sur le marché de la smart home

Este artículo recoge varias ideas muy, muy interesantes sobre cómo el mercado de la domótica debe evolucionar:

• Adoptar una buena estrategia
• Hacer una propuesta de valor convincente para los consumidores
• Pensar en modelos de negocio innovadores
• Aportar una buena experiencia de usuario
• Crear una marca que genere confianza
• Probar nuevas estrategias de venta
• Apoyarse en equipos especializados
• Elegir una buena plataforma
• Abrir la solución a una gran comunidad de desarrolladores
• No olvidar el análisis de datos

La domótica está cada vez más cerca de ser ciencia ficción y convertirse en realidad. El principal obstáculo es el precio y no la técnica.

Origen: ¡Hola, casa! (del futuro)

2015 was the year everyone started making plans, laying groundwork, and building the infrastructure for the day when all our devices are connected.

Origen: The Internet of Things Is Everywhere, But It Doesn’t Rule Yet | WIRED

Origen: Say Hello, Z-Wave Goodbye | Automated Home

Smart locks and their associated apps allow owners, tenants and landlords to remotely allow access to homes and to track who comes and goes.

Origen: New York Discovers Keyless Entry Systems – The New York Times