Your `smart' house will take care of you in old age

Steve Hards

Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute have unveiled a ‘smart’ house which is programmed to help elderly residents live at home with dignity. They say the model house combines existing technology with cutting-edge, future-oriented technology. [As a side note, with the exception of the person-recognising mirror, I remember seeing many similar devices and systems in action in 2003 in a demonstration trailer produced by Huntleigh Healthcare before, sadly, they pulled out of this particular market.] Read the item Your ‘smart’ house will take care of you in old age here.