Edmonton Real Estate Blog

The shopping season is upon us and for this last week of October we at Team Leading Edge have decided to gather the best new tech toys you must have for your Edmonton home.

Since technology will now always be integrated with our modern homes it is best to know whats new in the market and how it could help us live more comfortably.

Below are the top 5 gadgets we handpicked just for you!

1. Philips  Hue – Personal Wireless Lighting | $199.97
   This light-weight toy (pun intended) is one for the books. Although Philips may not be the first to use this technology, they surely are the one to take advantage of it.

   This one is pretty slick as it allows you to control the lighting ambiance of your home through your tablet or smartphone. You can create lighting scenes and other cool stuff with it! It has also garnered Forbes Product of the Year in 2012

2. LG’s Home Chat | Price N/A
   For the love of beer, this is the future of smart home appliances! This technology allows you to communicate with your appliances via your smartphone. You will know how many beers you have in stock by asking the fridge, you may also order your washer and bot cleaner to start doing their work minutes or hours before you arrive home!

   As I have said before, automation is the key—for the lazy 😉

3. Chamberlain MyQ Garage | $129
   James Bond would use one of these. Using the power of geo-fencing technology to detect if the owner is near the driveway, Chamberlain MyQ Garage would automatically open the garage door and once the car is inside, closes it spontaneously.

   You can also monitor the status of your garage door (open/close) wherever you are in the world through an app in your smart phone. This comes pretty handy when you’re always away and fighting bad guys from the opposite side of the world.

4. iPad Commode Caddy | $99.95
   Let’s throw in something bizarre in this list. Introducing the iPad Commode Caddy! It’s a bathroom stand that holds your iPad and roll of toilet paper at the same time! Genius! This would definitely come in handy for those people who browse their iPads while taking a morning potty.

   The 10” goose-neck gives users the ability to position the iPad either in landscape or portrait mode!

5. Sleep Number x12 Bed | $8,000
   A must-have for all those who can’t sleep properly and have $8,000 to spare! This bed is so futuristic that it provides the users a SleepIQ score to let them know what their optimum sleep number is. Aside from that, it also tracks heart, breathing and movement rate! If that’s not enough, it would also provide a quality assessment of your sleep.

   For those people who snore (I don’t snore, I think), this bed would automatically raise the head of whoever is snoring. It also has a timer setting, in-bed massage and for aesthetic purposes, an under bed lighting. Tony Stark, anyone?