The Bots Are Taking Over, And We’re Not Complaining.
It’s a cold, chilly winter morning, the kind that makes you want to stay under the covers all day, but you’ve got a life, and you’ve got a job to do. So you get up, however reluctantly, but hey, it’s not all that bad, in fact, one might even call it good, very, very good! The water heater has already been running before your alarm sounds, and the thermostat automatically adjusts the room temperature to make it warm and cozy, and lo and behold, the rug has been warmed too so that the bottoms of your feet do not feel like the northern side of Antarctica. The whir of the coffee machine greets you when you step out of your bedroom and as you stand there wondering whether all of this is a part of an elaborate sci-fi movie set, we’ll remind you that it’s as real as real gets and made possible because of smart home automation system. What is truly amazing about this network of smart gadgets is that their seamless, effortless user interaction is a result of an amalgamation of a numbe...