The Once and Future Smart Home: Get Ready for Technology at Your Fingertips

A new home designed with the latest smart technology now allows you to now monitor everything from moisture levels to security from the palm of your hand. Everything from motion, heat and moisture sensors can alert you of there is a change in temperature at home. While home video security can be connected via apps on your phone.

Google has just acquired Nest Energy Services for $3.2 billion in cash. In case you did not hear, Nest’s first product was a smart thermostat that adjusts to a person’s living patterns. Nest basically offers a set of features that link up its smart thermostats with utility companies themselves. The company’s Founder and CEO Tony Fadell invented the iPad at Apple.

Every couple of years we see some amazing technology that comes out of the home design industry. In recent years, following are some of the highlights in cool technology that is still catching up in homes nationwide. See if you are up to date with the latest stuff.

We recently completed an upgrade and redesign of our website at theplancollection.com. The goal was to improve the user experience and provide access to more detailed info.

This section will focus on the technology we use, updates to the website and other technical issues that we find are interesting or relevant.

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Two engineers working on their master’s degrees at the Royal College of Art in London have come up with a “building in a bag.”