| Description |
xxi, 361 pages : color illustrations, charts ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Making your life easier with Smart home technology -- Understanding Smart home hubs and controllers -- Automating your home lighting -- Automating heating and cooling -- Automating home security -- Automating your kitchen and laundry -- Automating home entertainment -- Exploring other Smart devices and applications -- Controlling your Smart home with Wink -- Controlling your Smart home with Apple Home -- Controlling your Smart home with Amazon Alexa -- Controlling your Smart home with Google Home -- Using Smart technology for independent living -- Adding more functionality with IFTTT -- Evaluating privacy and security concerns -- What's next (online only). |
| Summary |
"Easy, clear, readable, and focused on what you want to do. Step-by-step instructions for the tasks you care about most. Large, full-color, close-up photos show you exactly what to do. Tips and notes to help you along the way. Full-color, step-by-step tasks - in legible print - walk you through making your home safer and easier to live in using smart technology. Learn how to: Control your home's lighting with smart bulbs and switches ; Make your home more secure with smart doorbells, door locks, and security cameras ; Automatically control your home's temperature with a smart thermostat ; Make cooking and cleaning easier with smart appliances ; Use voice commands or your smart phone to control your smart devices ; Use If This Then That (IFTTT) to make your smart devices interact with each other automatically ; Get smart about the security and privacy concerns of smart devices ; Set up your smart devices and get them to work with one another ; Compare and select the best smart hub for your smart home needs ; Learn to use Amazon Alexa, Google Home and other voice-activated devices, as well as Apple's HomeKit on the iPhone, to make your smart devices work together."--Back cover. |
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Computers and older people.
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Technology and older people.
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Dwellings -- Energy conservation.
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Ecological houses -- Heating and ventilation.
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Smartphones.
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Home economics.
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Burglar alarms.
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Fire alarms.
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Home automation.
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Assistive computer technology.
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COMPUTERS -- Digital Media -- Audio.
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Assistive computer technology. (OCoLC)fst00819142
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Burglar alarms. (OCoLC)fst00841730
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Computers and older people. (OCoLC)fst01199788
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Dwellings -- Energy conservation.
(OCoLC)fst00900017
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Fire alarms. (OCoLC)fst00925200
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Home automation. (OCoLC)fst00959102
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Home economics. (OCoLC)fst00959173
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Smartphones. (OCoLC)fst01743652
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Technology and older people. (OCoLC)fst01199789
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Home automation.
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Computers and older people.
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Home economics.
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Ecological houses -- Heating and ventilation.
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Dwellings -- Energy conservation.
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Burglar alarms.
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Smartphones.
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Technology and older people.
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| Added Author |
QUE Publishing (Firm), publisher.
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Pearson Education, Inc., publisher.
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| ISBN |
9780789759894 (paperback) |
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0789759896 (paperback) |
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