Wireless connectivity in the home!

With various companies spending unthinkable amounts on development of technology for home appliances, I am going to take a look at what is happening and how development is going to affect our homes! 

Wireless technology has really evolved in the last 10-15 years and a crackling dial up internet connection seems a ridiculous idea now we have super fast broadband, that can be received anywhere in the range of you router! You can now walk round the home, surfing the internet without interruption on things like iPads and laptops. We are able to do this due to products such as the TP-Link Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router. This allows us to do such things as do a spot of internet shopping whilst in garden, which 15 years ago would have been unheard of! 

We can also walk round the home whilst mid conversation now thanks to the development of DECT cordless phones! Weather your in the garden enjoying nice weather or polishing the car in the garage you can now talk from anywhere within the range of your base station. You can then use your cordless phone, hands free by use of a cordless or Bluetooth headset! This means a wireless phone can be used wirelessly! 

The signal from a router or main phone base can then be extended so the range for broadband and DECT can be huge. This is done by repeaters such as the 4002 RTX DECT Generic Repeater. These are small devices that are programmed to extend the range of your cordless phone, essentially doubling the distance you can use it from your base in a chosen direction. 

There is plenty of wireless connections in your home that you use on a daily basis that you don't think about, or may not be as obvious as your phone or internet. This is things like your wireless controller for your games console, or the wireless remote for the garage door. Most of us take small things like this for granted and it is the small things like this that make day to day like run smoothly. 

So what can we expect in the future for wireless technology? Well various companies are trying to turn everyday appliances into user interfaces that use the internet to help make life easier. For example a fridge that recognises when you are running low on a certain food you like and automatically orders more for you. Or your regular dining table could have an interactive interface so you can customise its design for a dinner party, or have interactive games that guests can play with each other whilst waiting for their food. 

This is bound to keep advancing and i believe in a few decades time our home will be so advanced that daily tasks such as cooking will no longer be done manually, and instead by robots such as Honda's Asimo Humanoid. However as we all know, advances in technology unearth new problems of their own, the main one in this case being electricity demand. This problem will no doubt also be solved using advances in technology!

For now all we can do is sit back and think of our own ideas whilst companies spend millions to come up with cutting edge appliances!