| Just like so many other things in this day and age, the | | | | recognition technology that is available if you want it. |
| technology in home security systems has gone | | | | With voice recognition technology, you can give your |
| through huge advancements. It was the early | | | | alarm system commands with your spoken word, |
| nineteen-seventies when security companies such as | | | | such as when to turn on or off when you are coming |
| ADT began to offer alarm and security systems for | | | | and going at your residence. |
| your home that the technology began to develop. | | | | Ultra sensitive micro-sensors have completely |
| Back then, a home alarm system consisted basically | | | | revolutionized todays alarm systems and you would |
| of door and window sensors connected to a loud | | | | be amazed at all that they can see, even in the dark. |
| alarm box that was mounted somewhere on the | | | | Using infrared and motion detectors that can tell if |
| residence. | | | | something warm is moving you can now have a |
| Of course you have seen on TV and the movies how | | | | thirty-five foot invisible security perimeter established |
| the burglar or international spy could bypass the alarm | | | | around your home. With this security zone in place, you |
| system with a simple pair of wire cutters and you | | | | don't have to wait for someone to reach your home |
| always thought that it just couldn't be that easy. | | | | before the alarm is sounded. |
| Unfortunately back then it really was that easy and | | | | You would think that system like that would be |
| there were even easier ways to bypass alarm | | | | plagued by false alarms from things such as cats and |
| systems back then such as simply turning off the | | | | dogs but this just isn't the case. This is because these |
| power at the breaker box or any one of a number of | | | | sensors are so finely calibrated that they can |
| methods. | | | | differentiate between animals such as those and |
| Todays home security and alarm systems are far | | | | people. |
| more sophisticated and just don't have the holes in | | | | Everyone has heard the horror stories of 911 glitches |
| them that they did back then. To start with, the new | | | | where the overloaded system has failed. The last thing |
| state of the art wireless system don't have any wires | | | | you are going to want to do in an emergency is to sit |
| that can be cut so James Bond would be out of luck | | | | on the phone with a 911 operator. With state of the art |
| with his wire snippers now. The batteries last up to | | | | home monitoring, your security system sends a signal |
| three years and the component will signal the control | | | | to a security monitoring station that is manned by highly |
| panel when they need to be replaced. | | | | trained professionals who instantly take command of |
| Thats just the beginning, because the level of | | | | the situation and notify emergency person ell as they |
| technology that you can get in todays home security | | | | simultaneously contact you, so you aren't alone. |
| stems is truly space age. In fact, there is even voice | | | | |