Three Futuristic Home Security Options

There has always been a need for secu­ri­ty, but the means to achieve safe­ty and pro­tec­tion have changed over the ages. From the days of attach­ing bells and cans in entry points to alert peo­ple when some­one came through, secu­ri­ty mea­sures have come a long way. Today, there are sophis­ti­cat­ed tools and high-tech options to help guard your loved ones.

Secu­ri­ty is a grow­ing indus­try with numer­ous inno­va­tions in home secu­ri­ty, includ­ing the fol­low­ing;

1. Smart door locks

These are arguably one of the top smart home con­trols. Smart door locks can auto­mat­i­cal­ly detect the owner’s pres­ence via the Blue­tooth con­nec­tion on your mobile device (smart­phone or Blue­tooth key fob) and unlock your house door for you with­out hav­ing to fum­ble with your keys.

The lock also allows you to send elec­tron­ic keys to spe­cif­ic peo­ple dur­ing spe­cif­ic times. Some locks can even con­nect to your big­ger home automa­tion sys­tem, com­mu­ni­cat­ing to your ther­mo­stat when you’re not home so it can acti­vate its ener­gy-sav­ing mode. Smart door locks come in two main types: Blue­tooth-only locks, which are more secure, and Wi-Fi locks that con­nect VIA your home Inter­net.

2. Bio­met­rics

There is some tech­nol­o­gy that seems to be only avail­able in movies, like access­ing a secure area using noth­ing but a scan of the reti­na; how­ev­er, this par­tic­u­lar tech­nol­o­gy exists today as bio­met­rics. Besides your eyes, the tech­nol­o­gy can rec­og­nize your voice or scan your fin­ger­prints.

It is a rather expen­sive tech­nol­o­gy lim­it­ed to the opu­lent, but dig­i­tal locks pro­vide a more prac­ti­cal and afford­able option.

3. Med­ical alert sys­tems

The elder­ly and those who are ill peo­ple should nev­er be alone, but some­times, med­ical emer­gen­cies occur when there is no one around to offer assis­tance. With per­son­al help but­tons, you can con­tact emer­gency ser­vices by sim­ply click­ing on a but­ton.

These sys­tems can be in the form of a pen­dant or wrist­band, and some may be equipped with an inter­com that allows for two-way com­mu­ni­ca­tion with med­ical pro­fes­sion­als no mat­ter where you are. There are even some gad­gets that can detect when you fall down. A recent devel­op­ment in tech­nol­o­gy always for some sys­tems to be mon­i­tored any­where, not only in the home. With cel­lu­lar and GPS ser­vices built in, mon­i­tor­ing and track­ing is avail­able through­out North Amer­i­ca.