Introduction
Generally, people spend a good amount of time their home performing everyday activities like: sleeping, eating, cooking, relaxing, and so on; thus, it comes as no surprise that the home plays a key role in our health, lifestyle, and well-being. The Aware Home Research Initiative (AHRI) at Georgia Institute of Technology is an interdisciplinary research endeavor aimed at addressing the fundamental technical, design, and social challenges for people in a home setting. Central to this research is a 3-story, 5040 square foot facility designed to facilitate research while providing an authentic home environment.
HIGHLIGHT
P/L Positioning
PowerLine Positioning (PLP) is an inexpensive technique that uses fingerprinting of multiple tones transmitted along the powerline to achieve subroom-level localization.
PROJECT
Abaris
A fully functioning prototype capture and access application to support therapists who perform Discrete Trial Training therapy, a current best practice intervention for children with autism.
RESEARCH
Future Tools for the Home
Understanding how current home tools fit into the work of the home can shed light on how to design the next generation of domestic robots.
Chronic Care Management in the Home
By considering the importance of hum an experience in managing technology and maintaining privacy, we are showin g how a state-of-the-art experience can be enjoyable
Digital Entertainment and Media
Technologies have the potential to reduce health care costs, by allowing people to live independently in their own homes, rather than being forced into institutional care facilities.