the uae is set to become a global centre for
the development of technology solutions focusing on the smart home led
by one of the country’s leading local entrepreneurs and his company,
e-home automation llc. supported by intel corporation, architect
khalifa a. a. aljaziri, managing director of e-home automation llc, has
launched the first fully customized smart home concept for the middle
east.
designed to meet the lifestyle and culture of gulf arabs who are
looking for technology that allows them to enjoy more time to
themselves and their families, “e-home controls” technology was
developed in tandem with intel software engineers both in the middle
east as well as in europe. an automation system for the home, e-home
controls was launched in a gala ceremony in dubai to real estate
developers from across the region.
users of the e-home controls smart home system can communicate with
their villa through their mobile, pager, email, the internet or even
through voice commands to access a host of services including security
features, lighting, heating, entertainment options, and air
conditioning. users can command their smart home system through voice
recognition to turn on the surround sound system and home movie
theatre, run the hot water in the bath, and even open the gate from the
comfort of their arm chairs.
“i’ve always had two passions in my life. one has been architecture,
and the second has been technology. e-home merges these two together to
bring to the middle east and the uae another first. e-home controls
provides us in the gulf with a smart home solution that on a par with
anything from around the world. what we’ve done at e-home is to add the
finishing touches, the unique features that we need and want in the
region. users will be able to access islamic features in a fully
arabized interface, and that is truly a first for the middle east,”
said arch. khalifa a. a. aljaziri, managing director, e-home automation
llc.
tailored to be scalable based on the user’s needs – e-home controls
can be deployed in anything from a single villa all the way up to a
smart city across whole city blocks – aljaziri has already been in
talks with property developers from kuwait, qatar, saudi arabia, and
the uae.
a project fully supported by intel, which has leveraged off its four
decades of experience in developing cutting edge hardware and software
technologies, e-home controls is easy to deploy and integrate with
other hardware and yet still offers the latest in applications and
usage to a region known to embrace it.
“end users in the gulf have been asking intel for some time for a
smart home solution that makes technology adapt to their needs, rather
than the other way round. intel has been working with real estate
developers as well to maximize the value of their investments; research
shows that when end users are offered additional services such as smart
home technology based on intel’s core 2 duo and core 2 quad processors
real estate developers see higher demand for their properties. we’re
proud to foster innovation, and we’re even more proud to see that
innovation coming from the gulf and the uae,” explained samir
al-schamma, intel general manager for the gcc.
e-home automation llc and intel are already working together to
target leading middle east developers to ensure that they have access
to the leading technical innovations and know how. “with almost us$2
trillion worth of real estate projects in the gcc alone as of today,
the construction boom shows no signs of abating. what real estate
developers have lacked is a vision for the development of the future in
terms of how people want to live. intel’s work with e-home automation
llc will fill that gap and ensure that middle east home owners lead the
world in terms of technological innovation and a digital lifestyle,”
concluded al-schamma.
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