Internet home: the houses of the future today

2000/01/01 Waliño, Josu - Elhuyar Fundazioa Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Internet

The current technology allows to build houses that look like future. This is what the company Cisco has come to say and for it has developed a prototype project in London. This company has built a dozen common looking homes outside of London, all connected to the Internet via a router and controlled by a Windows NT server. Through this system, different household systems (alarm, cameras, heaters, etc.) We can control them from outside through a conventional browser. Of course, not only can we control them from outside the house, but also from inside the house, for this purpose they have installed a computer in each room of the house.

They have developed a specific software for home control. This allows a better control of the use of energy. And we can also control the temperature of all rooms, the level of lighting, the alarm, the cameras located along the house and the watering in the garden. This software, in addition, can change aspect to work with the home classroom you want.

These houses in London intend to sell them in 125 million ptas. However, if someone wants to control their home, the prices are 1.250.000 pesetas. can cost around 5.000.000 pesetas and the equipment installed in the network. environment.