The idea seemed so far away five years ago when next generation model homes unveiled the unattended digital help we could apply to many of the chores we do manually from turning on lights to raising and lowering window shades to adjusting the house temperature to starting the laundry before we get home.
The aspiration has climbed further out of the laboratory box and into popular use. Remotely monitoring our homes from anywhere, which was once an exclusive benefit to the high net worth set has become increasingly accessible to sensitive budgets and the do-it-yourselfer.
“After 911, real-time security got really big,” said Jeffrey Gordon, an independent Microsoft certified engineer in Baltimore who has helped customers choose the equipment they need.
