Reading and thinking to skim the text and answer these questions. Smart homes to make life easier. Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house? Or have you ever forgotten to switch off the T, V or computer? These kinds of things happen to us all the time, waste resources, and can sometimes lead to problems. However, in the not too distant future, we will be living in smart homes that will lock the door for us when we are away and remember to switch off the T. V. When we forget. These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy and provide a more comfortable environment to live in intelligent controls today, we have to use switches for our lights, knobs for our appliances and remote controls for our tvs and air conditioners. In the future, we will be using advanced ed technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you leave home each morning and then go into an energy efficient mode. All by itself, you will no longer have to think about turning switches on and off yourself. Your home will also learn your daily routine and preferences, so everything will be ready for you. When you get home achieve ing, your lights will come on the instance, you enter the door along with your favorite music or T, V programs, and you will find your dinner already prepared for you. All controls will respond to voice commands, so if you want to change your routine, you just say aloud. What you want in the home system will obey regular health checks. In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Your bed, for example, will record how will you sleep every night. IT will also be checking your body weight. If you start to have sleep or weight problems, I will send a warning to your phone. IT will also give you suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep Better. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well. They can warn you early on if there is something abNormal, or if you have a critical illness such as cancer and potentially save your life. No more disasters. Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. For example, if a water pipe starts leaking or if there is a short in the electrical wiring, your smart home will detect and provide you with the relevant information. This way, you will be able to fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catches fire. This smart technology is not a fantasy. Many of these new innovations are already available and being used in some homes. In this sense, the home of tomorrow was already the home of today. Nevertheless, IT will take some years before most new homes begin to use this new technology.