Case Study Class Activities

Read article "How Smart Homes Work" in the link below and post your responses in OneNote for the following (20 marks)
http://home.howstuffworks.com/smart-home.htm

a) What is Internet of Things (iot) Pg. 1
b) List some softwares and Technologies listed used in smart homes in the article. Pg 2
c) List some smart home appliances and their functions. Pg. 3
d) Outline the smart home benefits from the article. Pg. 4
e) Name the 5 other Intelligent smart home products apart from the two listed in  Pg. 5
f) What is IFTTT? Apart from WeMo that is compatible with IFTTT, name other five products that uses or is compatible with IFTTT pg. 6
g) Outline the smart home challenges in the article and propose some solutions to each challenge. Pg. 7


For Personal Reading and extension (Home Work)

For the next activities, use the ITGS triangle to analyse the different scenarios. Post your finding in OneNote.
Part A;
Intel Smart Homes
http://newsroom.intel.com/docs/DOC-5224

• Name the different smart technologies used in an intel-smart homes
• List some advantages and disadvantages of using smart technologies in an intel smart home.
• What are some of the concerns or issues that can arise from using the smart technologies in the Intel Smart Home.
• Suggest some solutions, changes, improvements, recommendations to some of the smart technologies shortcoming or limitation

Smart Homes TV

http://www.smarthomes.tv/

• Name the different smart technologies used in an smart homes site
• List some advantages and disadvantages of using smart technologies in smart home in this site.
• What are some of the concerns or issues that can arise from using the smart technologies in the Smart Home site.
• Suggest some solutions, changes, improvements, recommendations to some of the smart technologies shortcoming or limitation

Part B

i) Our homes will be completely automated in the next five years. Investigate evidence for and against the above statement.  http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/02/technology/innovation/ces-connected-home/

Next Friday's Work.

Part C
You are to investigate the company assigned. Describe the different technologies / systems they developed for smart homes and their benefits. Share some of the successes and unique innovation by the assigned companies. (Prepare an A3 poster to show all related technologies their function by the company) (10 marks)

Jhanvi Lexone Company http://www.loxone.com/enen/company/about-us.html
Joshua Control4 http://www.control4.com/
Ann  August Smart Lock. 
Aliasger Canary. 
Sharleen Iris. 
Khaleel  HomeSeer.
Dinar  Savant. 
Husnah Wink.
Ashiqa SmartThings. 
Paul Notion.