Your house takes care of you

Currently more homes are only for one person and many patients with diverse chronic pathologies can’t find a family member to take care of them. The advances of technology and the possibility of constructing communication networks between the gadgets of a building have made it possible for scientists to develop this new specialty, which combines the knowledge of architecture, computer science, health science, communications, etc. The result: intelligent homes and buildings that can support certain needs of the elderly, the sick or handicapped. Of course, this discipline is also applied towards increasing the comfort and safety of the common habitats, without them having to be unhealthy. The idea of this application is to allow a total control of the habitants over their environment and transform into automatic some of daily life chores, while saving energy, taking care of the environment and increasing comfort. Ambitious, isn’t it?

But even more ambitious is to think that we can transform our house into health equipment, capable of detecting our crisis, problems and send alarm signals to the indicated places at the right time. This is what domotics applied to health is all about.

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