Sweet Home - CBS Evening News - January 28, 2008
As people age, staying at home has become much more of a luxury. . .Sandy is convinced their age-old problem could be improved with some new-age ideas. "The technology is there, we just need to figure out how we can orchestrate it to live comfortably," Sandy said. That's exactly what Prof. Gregory Abowd of GEORGIA TECH is trying to do in an experimental home, full of high-tech tools to help the elderly. For example, motion detectors throughout the house track a resident's daily movements and send them to an unobtrusive photo frame located in any relative's home. It's connected to the Internet.