“Smart home technology in the UK has tended to focus on the market sector of audio visual technologies and technologies for larger corporate buildings or very rich people. In many ways this is the natural order of things from a free market perspective. What is interesting, to me, is that there is a sector which might be the growth point for the future, namely disabled people.
In the UK, technology is currently being used to support older and vulnerable people to remain independent in their own homes. The use of Telecare devices, such as sensors that detect falls, floods, heat, smoke or movement etc., are used throughout the UK as preventative aids that can and do enable people to retain independence.”
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Guy Dewsbury, Hidden Wires, 4 January 2010
Thanks to Telecare Aware
