Safety product: Automist - Affordable domestic fire sprinkler alternative

from Telecare Aware:

Will the Automist device (video below) become a standard addition to telecare (plesiocare?) providers' product offerings? However they incorporate it into their business models (via referral commissions or as an accredited installer?), the device is an interesting proposition for them and for care homes too.

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http://www.telecareaware.com/#ixzz28o7avklL

Automatic Stove Turn-Off Devices

from thisCaringhome.org:

These electric stove turn-off products can increase cooking safety for those with dementia who still have good stove skills and judgment but are liable to forget occasionally. These devices come with a timer, a motion sensor, and an automatic stove shut-off. Gas stove shut off devices are in development; we currently know of only one manufacturer that offers this product but we have not reviewed it yet. Below you will find three reviews of devices for electric stoves. All three turn off the stove top and the oven, but each one works a little differently. Some features may be safer or more convenient for your needs and/or the person you care for. Here are 4 things to consider...

Full text at:
http://www.thiscaringhome.org/products/auto-stove-turn-off-devices.php

First the Smart Phone, Now the Smart Home: Technology Anticipates, Meets Our Needs for Health, Efficiency

From SciencyDaily:


We have all heard of the smartphone and, any day now, most of us will have one. Not far behind: the smart home

Writing in the latest issue of the journal Science, Washington State University's Diane Cook says it won't be long before our homes act as "intelligent agents" that use sensors and software to anticipate our needs and tend to tasks that improve our health, energy efficiency, even social media. (...)

Cook has been applying artificial intelligence in test homes since coming to WSU in 2006. Sites around the Northwest, including 18 apartments in Seattle, already show that the technology can help monitor aging-in-place elderly residents and alert caregivers if they are not completing ordinary activities like rising, eating, bathing and taking medications.

Full text at:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120329170435.htm

App-based remote room monitoring system for iPad and iPhone

gizmag: When I lived in what is generally described as an unsavory neighborhood, I had a device installed which would ring my mobile phone if the alarm sounded. Technology has moved on a tad since then with home monitoring options like this one from Florida-based Stem Innovation. The company has developed an app-controlled video camera called the iZON Remote Room Monitor that streams live video and audio to your iOS device when movement or sound is detected at home. The system can even send the recording direct to a private YouTube account for safe-keeping or sharing.

http://www.gizmag.com/izon-live-stream-remote-monitor-iphone/19727/

Beyond Smart Phones: Sensor Network to Make 'Smart Cities' Envisioned

ScienceDaily: Thanks to numerous sensors, smartphones make it easy for their owners to organize certain parts of their lives. However, that is just the beginning. Darmstadt researchers envision entire "smart" cities, where all devices present within municipal areas are intelligently linked to one another.

More: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516080130.htm

A Day Made of Glass

Era of Connected Intelligence: Managing your health and the consumption of home energy, all from the comforts of your home

Bruno Baylac: Our connected future includes the smart grid, which will automate our electric power system enabling more intelligent management of how we distribute and use our energy. In a world where global energy conservation is becoming more important than ever, smart management of home equipment will allow homeowners to better control the way they use energy.

More: http://blogs.freescale.com/2011/02/04/era-of-connected-intelligence-smart-grid-healthcare/?tid=NL_0611

Energy-Efficient Intelligent House Can Monitor Health, Prototype Shows

ScienceDaily: A prototype of an energy-efficient house which can send alerts if its residents are ill has been developed by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire.

More: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110127090154.htm