Ikerlan-IK4 and Fagor Household Electrical Goods Division presented two ambient intelligence demonstrations at an event recently held in Holland to publicise the results of the European AMEC project, the aim of which is to design products, services and content capable of helping in the domestic life of the future home.
AMEC’s aim is to generate innovative commercial products in the areas of intelligent control of the household, health and well-being of the consumer and communication, as well as new components and structures for solutions in ambient intelligence. Moreover, its methods and tools will be able to be used in a great variety of applications. Thus, this project will boost the concept of Ambient Intelligence involving all technological systems equipped with devices that are sensitive to persons and that can react to them in any environment. For example, sensors enabling the operation of household heating without the need for a person to be present or that inform the householder/resident by telephone if any anomaly is detected in the home. .
Ikerlan-IK4 and the Fagor Household Electrical Goods Division presented two projects that involve the operation ““ at a laboratory stage ““ of technologies which, in 2006, will be integrated into the design and development of real applications of interactive intelligent systems and that will coordinate the operation of all household devices activated by the user through voice, movement, gestures or images.
One of the most important aspects of this project is that the final products and services are to be the result of the needs and wishes expressed by the end-users. To achieve this end, in the initial phases, AMEC studied the behaviour of people in their own homes in order to try to identify their customs, daily activities and experiences, with the aim of designing solutions and applications specific to the needs arising from daily domestic life.
From Basque Research