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Eletric period

1915/1920: electrically powered machines in homes

1920/1960: new domestic technologies, in UK: increase of 65% of household mains electricity

1960/1970: household devices became common in the home, more and more electronic product

1970: X10 communication between appliances

1984: Interest in home automation, creation of the group "Smart House" , Computer introduction

1990: Concept of Smart Home entered popular culture for the first time

http://aosgrp.com/news/autonomous_systems_social_l.html

https://ww1.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/2005/april/cjp-april-05-stip-OR.pdf

I) The History of Smart Homes

I) The concept of smart homes

Smart home: A wide range concept

How does it work?

What is it?

Smart home is a building control system, which provides integrated, centralised control of two or more individual systems.

Individual systems:

• Environmental control system (heating, air conditioning and ventilation)
• Household appliances (clothes dryers, washing machines, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, ovens, coffee-makers, microwaves, etc.)
• Consumer electronics (TV, radio, audio-video equipment, game consoles, etc.)
• Building components (blinds, curtains, windows, doors, etc.).

Two options:

- Build new homes with the additional wiring and controls which are required to run advanced home automation systems.

- Do some retro-fitting: adding smart home technologies to an existing house to make it a smart home.

Required:

- A domotic box

- An operator screen (tablet, smartphone that enables to do the remote control)

- Mode of transmission ( Wifi, Bluetooth, By infrared, Hertzian radio waves, power line, Ethernet cable network..)

The future is now

In Europe, 168 companies in the Digital Living Network Alliance

Goal: to streamline communication between PCs, devices and home entertainment systems

3 expectations of the home:

Flexibility (take smart use), Protective (physical sec, emotion conform) and Responsive (long response to our behaviour, every family have different needs)

“There will be not one home of the future but billions”

City are growing, need an organization

->Technology can help people to live comfortable

(Boo-Keun Yoon, one of the Samsung's CEO)

Technology becomes smart

- 2000/2001: creation of Smart Homes in Netherlands, attracts many thousand of visitors

- 2010: Nest, development of next generation wifi connected thermostat and smoke alarm, conservation and communication

2013: Microsoft launches LOT (Lab of Things) to encourage research on home automation

Different players, different definitions:

=> Main ideas: "an automated home" and an "informaional home"

According to Michael Pessina, president of Lutron Electronics, the idea of smart home is above all a concept of a new home life experience.

Smart home systems markets

Smart home market in Europe

• Promising market (reach 21 billion US dollars by 2020)

Due to:

● The role of major ICT players in promoting smart home products and systems is changing;

● Ownership of personal smartphone or digital tablets is continuing to rise;

● Voice, data and image (VDI) media are increasingly digitised;

● E-commerce is leading to the development of services for the residential market

• Highly segmented market
• Niche market => concentrated in the high-end housing market

Main leaders:

- Siemens AG (Germany)

- Schneider Electric SA (France)

- Ingersoll-Rand Plc. (Ireland)

- Legrand (France) - ABB (Switzerland) for Lightening control market

Smart home applications market in Europe

III) Ethical Implications of “Smart Home” Technology

Case study

Health-Smart Home: the solution for disabled and senior persons?

Case study

Health-Smart Home: the issues

Health-smart home for dependent people :

- home support

- monitoring of medical parameters through sensors

- teledetection of critical situations (fall, faint) ...

BUT there are some issues regarding the respect for the dignity and privacy of these persons (all kinds of data are collected).

-> And what if there is a system malfunction which

jeopardize the health of the patients ? -> Which responsibility should be engaged ?

THESE ISSUES CONCERN ALL OF US

Regarding the development of smart homes, some ethical problems raised

- Privacy: people do not control the types of data collected or their use. How do we ensure respect for privacy ?

- Dependence: do we not risk creating a new dependance on technical devices that will control our lives ?

II) Smart homes: the benefits

It is very convenient

Security.

Smart homes make your house safer.

It makes your life easier!

Cameras and motion sensors

Energy and budget saving.

The solutions

Introduction

A smart home is a digital home with lot of software and high technology

--> Users need to be informed

Questions

--> What does it mean for us?

--> How will it change our way of living?

--> How can we build it?

I) Smart Homes: History and concept

a. History of the emergence of Smart Homes

b. The concept and its promising market

II) The analyze of Smart Homes

a. The advantages

b. The drawbacks

III) Ethical Implications of “Smart Home”Technology

a. Case study: Health-Smart Home

b. Ethical issues

c. The solutions

--> Suppliers have to invest in order to protect

indiviuals' data

--> Conservation of alternatives to secure

the individuals

--> More adapted laws must be set

up to better protect users

II) Smart home: the drawbacks

-Security and hacking issues

-The dependence of the

smartphone in the use you the devices.

-The lack of privacy

-Power issues

-Disorder

-The price of smart homes

Conclusion

We have to be careful and aware of the risks of these technologies. However, if we are able to control them, they could significantly contribute to improve our living standards.

The references

http://www.smart-homes.nl/Smart-Homes/Geschiedenis.aspx?lang=en-US

http://mashable.com/2015/01/08/smart-home-tech-ces/

http://www.wareable.com/smart-home/visions-through-the-ages-history-of-home-automation

https://www.bsria.co.uk/news/article/european-connected-and-smart-home-market-overview/

http://smarthomeenergy.co.uk/what-smart-home

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/3-problems-with-“smart-homes”-180852839.html