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03219aam a2200409Ki 4500 001 BBB0D93091FF11E78DA267F996128E48 003 SILO 005 20170905010049 008 170123s2017 inuad 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2017942349 020 $a 9780789759894 020 $a 0789759896 035 $a (OCoLC)969383319 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d FO7 $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IMR $d FM0 $d SILO 100 1 $a Miller, Michael, $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a My smart home for seniors / $c Michael Miller ; AARP ; Pearson Education. 264 1 $a Indianapolis, Indiana : $b QUE, $c ©2017 300 $a xxi, 361 pages : $b color illustrations, charts ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Making your life easier with Smart home technology -- Understanding Smart home hubs and controllers -- Automating your home lighting -- Automating heating and cooling -- Automating home security -- Automating your kitchen and laundry -- Automating home entertainment -- Exploring other Smart devices and applications -- Controlling your Smart home with Wink -- Controlling your Smart home with Apple Home -- Controlling your Smart home with Amazon Alexa -- Controlling your Smart home with Google Home -- Using Smart technology for independent living -- Adding more functionality with IFTTT -- Evaluating privacy and security concerns -- What's next (online only). 520 $a Easy, clear, readable, and focused on what you want to do. Step-by-step instructions for the tasks you care about most. Large, full-color, close-up photos show you exactly what to do. Tips and notes to help you along the way. Full-color, step-by-step tasks - in legible print - walk you through making your home safer and easier to live in using smart technology. Learn how to: Control your home's lighting with smart bulbs and switches ; Make your home more secure with smart doorbells, door locks, and security cameras ; Automatically control your home's temperature with a smart thermostat ; Make cooking and cleaning easier with smart appliances ; Use voice commands or your smart phone to control your smart devices ; Use If This Then That (IFTTT) to make your smart devices interact with each other automatically ; Get smart about the security and privacy concerns of smart devices ; Set up your smart devices and get them to work with one another ; Compare and select the best smart hub for your smart home needs ; Learn to use Amazon Alexa, Google Home and other voice-activated devices, as well as Apple's HomeKit on the iPhone, to make your smart devices work together. 650 0 $a Computers and older people. 650 0 $a Technology and older people. 650 0 $a Dwellings $x Energy conservation. 650 0 $a Ecological houses $x Heating and ventilation. 650 0 $a Smartphones. 650 0 $a Home economics. 650 0 $a Burglar alarms. 650 0 $a Fire alarms. 650 0 $a Home automation. 650 0 $a Assistive computer technology. 710 2 $a QUE Publishing (Firm), $e publisher. 710 2 $a Pearson Education, Inc., $e publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20170905012458.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BBB0D93091FF11E78DA267F996128E48 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search