Keeping your home and family safe is one of the most important priorities you have in life. Your home is your castle, and you’ve worked hard for everything you have. It’s a frustrating prospect to imagine burglars helping themselves to your possessions while you’re running errands or out of town.
Luckily there is a whole slew of cool, tech-savvy innovations available in today’s marketplace. Simply hit the nearest hardware or box store or start clicking around on the internet, and you’ll find an assortment of helpful products that will allow you to feel more secure and protected. Let technology be helpful to your quest to keep the things you value secure.
Standard Locks and Smart Locks
There’s a lot to be said about the powers of a trusty lock. Many thieves are stopped in their tracks simply by being locked out. While you don’t need to go overboard by locking every door and window with titanium, this isn’t something you should skimp on either. Invest in heavy-duty locks for maximum protection, and consider using a PIN code version if keeping track of yet another key is a difficult prospect.
Nowadays there also are entirely new fleets of locks embedded with technology called smart locks. What’s a smart lock you ask? A smart lock gives you options of setting a digital key code, opening the lock via your telephone or a fingerprint, or operating the lock via a keychain fob for hands-free ease – all depending on what variation you buy. Some models even allow you to grant e-access to another party temporarily.
Lighting and Motion Sensors
Another easy and affordable way to maintain a secure perimeter is by utilizing proper lighting. Having permanent light fixtures around the border is a cheap and easy way to stop prowlers. You can even step up your security by installing simple motion detector lights. These have never been more affordable or easy to install. There are even numerous solar-powered standalone models available, so you don’t have to worry about having an external power source available. These are available in sets, on strings, and as individual standalone units.
Video Surveillance Options
Many homeowners are opting to install video monitors at their front doors and/or around their property. You do not have to be an audiovisual master to harness this technology. Installing a camera and connecting it to an app on your phone or tablet has never been easier, and these systems are designed for the user to install themselves. Consider having a unit at all the main entrance points to your property and house.
Taking Advantage of Systems
While a video system is pretty standard these days, there are also more comprehensive security systems you could invest in that tie numerous safety features together. For example, you could have motion sensor lights or a video camera component that also sends alerts to your phone. Your systems could allow you to activate lights if a prowler is detected and even use a speaker system to speak or shout out a warning or contact the authorities with the push of a button. These are not futuristic products! These systems are available to us right now, and many units are simply plug-and-play varieties.
There may even be applications in the near future that enable us to utilize AI training data in order to help achieve a higher level of home security. The implementation of raw data into some of the up and coming AI programs is quite an exciting prospect. Never has technology played a larger role than today.
Final Safety Thoughts
Regardless of all the affordable and creative tech solutions available to us in 2021, do not let the fear and anxiety of petty thievery or a home invasion overtake you. Cautious protection is always a smart idea, but do not get bogged down in all the potentially dangerous threats we face. For the most part, we are safe and sound in our homes. However, since so much is available to us, it’s wise to invest in a few tools to keep our home and families safe and sound.
