Now that smart home appliances are easily plugged into smart home networks, the question of how to simplify security management, especially of access rights, for such appliances arises. The problem is aggravated by the fact that home users cannot be considered as “skilled” administrators, but are instead often technology-unaware users. Establishing trustworthiness when it comes to secure smart ...

The “implementation” and use of smart home technology to lengthen independent living of non-instutionalized elderly have not always been flawless. The purpose of this study is to show that problems with smart home technology can be partially ascribed to differences in perception of the stakeholders involved. The perceptual worlds of caregivers, care receivers, and designers vary due to differen...

In this article we explore two issues that can lead to problems for smart-home systems; socio-technical interactions and cyclic interactions. Both issues threaten to obstruct the uptake of the vision for the smart home. At the heart of these problems is interaction; interaction between systems and interaction between people and systems. In its simplest form a smart home is one in which most ele...

This paper presents a flexible standalone, low cost smart home system, which is based on the Android app communicating with the micro-web server providing more than the switching functionalities. The Arduino Ethernet is used to eliminate the use of a personal computer (PC) keeping the cost of the overall system to a minimum while voice activation is incorporated for switching functionalities. D...

Correspondence to: Dr John Main, Renal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK; [email protected] _________________________ A therosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) has become topical since the development of percutaneous angioplasty and stenting. Studies defining the place for intervention have been difficult to perform and inconclusive. However, ...

BACKGROUND Delayed post-hypoxic leukoencephalopathy (DPHL) is a demyelinating syndrome characterized by neurological relapse after an initial recovery from hypoxic brain injury. We describe a patient with impaired consciousness following DPHL, concurrent with injury of the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) shown using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). CASE PRESENTATION A 50-year...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the possibility of implementing multiprotocol and multifrequency wireless Building Management Systems (BMSs) for smart home environments by using Software Defined Radio (SDR) respectively Cognitive Radio (CR) technologies. BMSs by heaving implemented these technologies or some parts of them, could provide a high level of interoperability between wireless ...

With the convergence of technologies in artificial intelligence, humancomputer interfaces, and pervasive computing, the idea of a “smart environment” is becoming a reality. While we all would like the benefits of an environment that automates many of our daily tasks, a smart environment that makes the wrong decisions can quickly becoming annoying. In this paper, we describe a simulation tool th...

Nowadays smart homes are becoming a rather fast progressing area for the future industrial developments. Apart of this, the new ICT smart advancing is obviously producing hidden cyber threats for the smart home inhabitants that require a special attention. This provides an inevitable necessity for exploration of possible precautionary measures for human protection. The paper describes a wearabl...

Smart home is a relatively new technology. Originally, smart home technology was used to control environmental systems such as lighting and heating; but recently the use of smart technology has been developed so that almost any electrical component within the home can be included in the system. Complex smart home applications include three levels of control: local control, discrete-event contro...