Learn all about the computer technology used in smart homes and buildings that is making our lives easier and our homes more secure. Use the algorithms and ideas used to control devices within buildings to create your own coding programs. Five step-by-step projects use the latest version of Scratch, the free online coding program, to help you learn about motion sensors and create burglar alarms for your computer that use sound and motion to detect intruders. Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Smart homes -- Project : entry phone and camera -- Project : voice control 1 and 2 -- Project : home robots -- Project: burglar alarm -- Bugs and debugging.