1. Home Automation

2. Automation - Home automation

3. Automation - Home automation
Home automation (also called domotics) designates an emerging practice of increased automation of household appliances and features in residential dwellings, particularly through electronic means that allow for things impracticable, overly expensive or simply not possible in recent past decades.

4. Home automation
Home automation for the elderly and disabled can provide increased quality of life for persons who might otherwise require caregivers or institutional care.

5. Home automation
The popularity of home automation has been increasing greatly in recent years due to much higher affordability and simplicity through smartphone and tablet connectivity. The concept of the Internet of Things has tied in closely with the popularization of home automation.

6. Home automation
The techniques employed in home automation include those in building automation as well as the control of domestic activities, such as home cinema|home entertainment systems, houseplant and yard watering, Raw feeding|pet feeding, changing the ambiance scenes for different events (such as dinners or parties), and the use of domestic robots

7. Home automation
Possibly the first home computer was an experimental home automation system in 1966.

8. Home automation - History
Home automation has been a feature of science fiction writing for many years, but has only become practical since the early 20th Century following the widespread introduction of electricity into the home, and the rapid advancement of information technology. Early remote control devices began to emerge in the late 1800s. For example, Nikola Tesla patented an idea for the remote control of vessels and vehicles in 1898.

9. Home automation - History
In 1966 Jim Sutherland, an engineer working for Westinghouse Electric Company|Westinghouse Electric, developed a home automation system called ECHO IV; this was a private project and never commercialized

10. Home automation - History
During the 1990s home automation rose to prominence

11. Home automation - History
Despite interest in home automation, by the end of the 1990s there was not a widespread uptake - with such systems still considered the domain of hobbyists or the rich. The lack of a single, simplified, protocol and high cost of entry has put off consumers.

12. Home automation - History
While there is still much room for growth, according to ABI Research, 1.5 million home automation systems were installed in the US in 2012, and a sharp uptake could see shipments topping over 8 million in 2017[ 1.5 Million Home Automation Systems Installed in the US This Year], ABI Research

13. Home automation - Domestic robotics (domotics)
* Digital Home as a spectrum of services including home automation, multimedia, telecommunications, Electronic commerce|e-commerce, etc. through wired and wireless networks

14. Home automation - Domestic robotics (domotics)
* Domotics and home automation means that systems talk to each other so that the result is convenience, energy efficiency, and Home safety|safety

15. Home automation - Domestic robotics (domotics)
* Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled|Home assistive technologies[ ]

16. Home server - Home automation
Home automation requires a device in the home that is available 24/7. Often such home automation controllers are run on a home server.

17. Smart appliance - Home Automation
Instead of selling discrete products, some service providers have begun offering complete and externally managed home automation and home security solutions that lease networked systems of devices and couple them with externally managed service.

18. Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled
This field uses much of the same technology and equipment as home automation for security, entertainment, and energy conservation but tailors it towards the elderly and disabled.

19. Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled - Concept
Due to the drastic increases in health-care facility costs, more and more elderly people are turning to home automation, a concept also known as smart homes, to allow them to age in the comfort of their own homes

20. Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled - Concept
There are two basic forms of home automation systems for the elderly: embedded health systems and private health networks

21. Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled - Advantages
The transition to a health care facility can cause a lot of anxiety and home automation can either prevent or delay this anxiety (Cheek 2005)

22. Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled - Systems
Home automation for healthcare can range from very simple alerts to lavish computer controlled network interfaces. Some of the monitoring or safety devices that can be installed in a home include lighting and motion sensors, environmental controls, video cameras, automated timers, emergency assistance systems, and alerts.

23. Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled - Security
In order to maintain the security of the home many home automation systems integrate features such as remote keyless entry systems which will allow seniors to view who is at the door and then remotely open the door. Home networks can also be programmed to automatically lock doors and shut blinds in order to maintain privacy.

24. Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled - Reminder systems
Home automation systems may include automatic reminder systems for the elderly (Cheek 2005)

25. Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled - Challenges
This currently creates a problem because many of the interfaces designed for home automation “are not designed to take functional limitations, associated with age, into consideration” (Cheek 2005)

26. Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled - Challenges
The biggest concern expressed by potential users of smart home technology is fear of lack of human responders or the possible replacement of human caregivers by technology (Cheek 2005), but home automation should be seen as something that augments, but does not replace, human care.

27. XAP Home Automation protocol
'xAP' is an open protocol used for home automation and supports integration of telemetry and control devices primarily within the home. Common communications networks include RS232, RS485, Ethernet wireless. xAP protocol always uses broadcast for sending the messages. All the receivers listens to the message and introspects the message header to verify whether the message is of its interest. xAP protocol has the following key advantages.

28. Robots - Home automation for the elderly and disabled
Robots used in Home automation for the elderly and disabled|home automation have developed over time from simple basic robotic assistants, such as the ST Robotics#History|Handy 1, through to semi-autonomous robots, such as Care-Providing Robot FRIEND|FRIEND which can assist the elderly and disabled with common tasks.

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