Movies In The 80s

During the 80s, many movies based on the future featured cool gadgets that seemed completely out-of-reach with the technology available at the time. While you may not yet be able to walk into your local car dealership and purchase a flying car to help get you to work or your child's soccer practice more quickly, many of the gadgets your favorite characters used in their homes are now available and even better than imagined at the time. Whether you love gadgets or not, many of them simply make life easier, keep your family safer, and reduce your energy bills. Here are three features available in home automation systems today that were once only a futuristic dream.

1. Push-button Control Home Lighting

The 80s dream was to have a remote that controlled the lighting in your home, so you never had to get off the couch to turn down those lights when a great movie came on television or you wanted to turn on the front porch light when waiting for a guest. Now, you cannot only control all of your home lighting with a touch pad

Home Shades That Open and Close on Their Own

Movies in the 80s based on the future often also showed characters opening and closing their home shades with a touch of a button. Not only can you do that now when you have the right home control system, but you can even program them to open and close at specific times every day, so you don't even have to think about them. Can you imagine the children's face when their window blinds begin opening and letting the sunshine in at 8 am sharp every morning with you nowhere in sight?

If you have a large home, you can stop that evening tour around the home closing all of the shades to prevent neighbors and potential intruders from having a clear view inside your windows after dark. They can be automatically set to close when the sun sets, so you can more easily protect your family's privacy and keep them safe by warding off peeping toms looking for their next targets.

3. Lights That "Think" on Their