دانلود Designing Safe Smart Home Systems for Vulnerable People

Abstract

Designing  assistive technological solutions for people with disabilities and older people is fraught with problems due to the number of agencies involved.  These problems  are  compounded  by  the  lack  of  understanding that  can  exist  between  the  engineers  and  the  health  staff. This  lack  of understanding  can  develop  into  extreme delays  in  installing  the  technology  and  the  needs  of  the person  with  disabilities  being  subsumed  in  preference  to ease  of  design  and  installation.    Clearly,  these  potential misunderstandings could be ameliorated by improved communication  between  the  widely  different  disciplines each with their own culture, ethos, knowledge and jargon. The CUSTODIAN smart house simulation software provides a focus for discussion on CUSTODIAN’s development in relation to reliability and safety of systems design.