The near future might not be filled with robotic maids and walking cyborgs who recognize and respond to us; in some ways, having another body in the house — even a cybernetic organism with living tissue over a metal endoskeleton — might not be that practical anyway (unless you find yourself in need of protection from shape-shifting killing machines from the future). However, the technology of homes and buildings that recognize us and respond to our facial features, our behavior and our fingerprints is not science fiction — it is here now.
Clearly home automation is becoming the new norm; and many aspects of the smart home envisaged in the 1950s by Ray Bradbury and his ilk are now part of many people’s everyday lives — from facial recognition apps to hand readers, fingerprint scanners and iris readers, biometric solutions are making home and business security safer, more convenient and more reliable. Some of the latest technology in this field will be displayed at the ISC West show in Las Vegas, and we are happy to give you a sample of some of the products you will find there.