????擁有智能家居的人可以像使用電視遙控器一樣，通過手機控制所有的家用電器。只需要點擊應用，就能開門、開燈、調整正在煮晚餐的燉鍋溫度。

????盡管目前很少有人真正生活在這種類似動畫片《杰森一家》(Jetsons)描繪的情境中，但許多人都樂于一試。

????在家里安裝智能設備代價不菲。比如說，谷歌（Google）的Nest智能煙霧探測器——當它的電量不足時，它會通過應用提醒你——就價值100美元。與此同時，能夠聯(lián)網(wǎng)的慢燉鍋定價為129美元，而智能空調要將近300美元。

????不過你也可以選擇改裝，就是給原有的電器加上低廉的配件，讓它們不再“聾啞”。實際上，它可以簡單地就像在恒溫器中裝一塊新電池一樣。你不必將“聾啞”電器換成智能款，所以你完全可以繼續(xù)使用你三年前買的那款你非常喜歡，也非常好用的烤箱。以下是一些可供選擇的產品：

????People with smart homes can control all their appliances using a mobile phone like a TV remote control. All they have to do is tap an app to unlock their door, turn on the lights and adjust their crockpot’s temperature while dinner is simmering inside.

????Today, few people actually live in this Jetsons-like reality. But many are open to the convenience it promises.

????Equipping a home with smart devices is expensive. Google’s Nest smart smoke detector – it alerts you when its battery is running low via an app – costs $100, for instance. Meanwhile, a connected crock-pot is $129 and an intelligent air conditioner is almost $300.

????Enter retrofitting, which involves cheaply retooling appliances so that they’re no longer dumb. In fact, it can be as easy as installing a new sci-fi battery in your thermostat. You won’t have to replace your “dumb” appliances with smart ones, so you can hold onto that favorite (and perfectly good) toaster you bought three years ago. Here are some options:

????Garageio：149美元

????Garageio可以讓你用手機開關車庫門。在你的車庫中裝上Garageio的黑盒子，再把它與你的無線網(wǎng)絡連接并下載相關應用，你就能遠程打開車庫門了，還能讓你的朋友、家人和保姆臨時獲得這個權限。當車庫門打開時，Garageio會給你的手機發(fā)送提示，并提供活動日志，讓你知道是誰在什么時候開的門。這款設備能夠與96%的車庫開門器兼容。添上20美元，你就能控制兩扇車庫門；再添20美元，就能控制三扇。Garageio建立了網(wǎng)站來接受預定，由于需求量太大，他們沒有庫存，但每隔一天會發(fā)一次貨。

????Garageio: $149

????Garageio lets you open and shut your garage door from your phone. Install Garageio’s black box in your garage, hook it up to your Wi-Fi network, and download the app. Presto, you can now open your garage door remotely and give temporary access to friends, family and babysitters. Garageio will also send an alert to your phone if your garage door is open and provide you with an activity log showing when your garage door was opened as well as who opened it. It's compatible with 96% of all garage door openers. For an additional $20, you can control two doors, and for another $20, you can connect three doors. Garageio’s site is set to pre-order because the demand is so great it can’t be kept in stock, but units ship every other day.