Smarter homes : how technology will change your home life /: how technology will change your home life. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino.
• Authors: Deschamps-Sonsino, Alexandra
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Everything Electric; Historical Background; The Shift to Electric; The Consequences; End Notes; Chapter 2: Homes as Factories; The Age of Electrical Conviction; The Electrical Age; Christine Frederick and Domestic Experimental Stations; Design to Sell; Bigger Homes to Design For; End Notes; Chapter 3: Pleasure and Convenience; From Effeciency to Pleasure; Out of Sight and Out of Mind; E-1027; The Kitchen's at the Back; Listening In and Restricting Access; Listen Up Listening InHanging Up; Companion Objects; Turn It On; Away from Others; End Notes; Chapter 4: Digital Everything; Movies and Television Shows; The Year of the Future; More than Screens; Playing Games; The Microwave; Ownership and Authorship; Buttons for Everything; ECHO IV Home Computer; A Computer in the Home No Matter What; The Smart House Initiative; Home Robots; The Computer Butler; End Notes; Chapter 5: Cheaper, Embedded and Invisible; Introduction; Human Computer Interactions; Domotics and Home Automation; The Internet of Things; Open Source and Open Design; Rethinking Appliances The ArduinoA Cornucopia of Ideas; Living Room; Picture Frames; Radios; Sound Systems; Televisions; Thermostats; Children's bedroom; Master Bedroom; Kitchen; Bathroom; Entrance; Doors; Cameras; Garage; Garden; Too Early to Tell?; End Notes; Chapter 6: Emerging Themes and What's Next?; Where Do We Get Our Inspiration Now?; Living As a Service; The New Bohemians; The Nagging Home; Assistive Technologies; Creative Criticism; Digital Responsibility; Closing Thoughts; End Notes; Chapter 7: Conclusion; End Notes; Index
• Publisher Details: United States : Apress
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 643/.6; Computer science; Home automation; HOUSE & HOME / General; Computer Communication Networks; Computers -- Hardware -- Network Hardware; Network hardware; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484233634; 1484233638
• Related ISBNs: 9781484233627
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed September 28, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.