The home reckoner: a scenario on the home use of computers

The purpose of the Smart Home Project is to devise a set of intelligent home appliances that can provide an awareness of the users' needs, providing them with a better home life experience without overpowering them with complex technologies and ...

This paper describes the approach used to identify elderly people's needs and attitudes towards applying ambient sensor systems for monitoring daily activities in the home. As elderly are typically unfamiliar with such ambient technology, interactive ...

The technological standards for the Digital Home play a key role in providing entertainment services but also Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) services for the elderly. Both kind of services are multimedia and share the Digital Home infrastructure or Smart ...