Science Bar “My Smart Home in 2050”

Tuesday, May 16, 2017, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
The Black Sheep Bar – 21, Boulevard Louis Blanc – 34000 Montpellier
The advent of the connected home is underway. Smart homes are now hyper-connected and can be controlled remotely via a smartphone or tablet. We can already manage lighting, heating, audio-video, intrusion alarms, and multiple devices thanks to home automation.
Refrigerators will soon be equipped with tablets displaying food expiration dates, real-time shopping lists, and what remains to be consumed. Coupled applications will even be able to develop and plan weekly meal menus based on stored food items.
The smart home incorporates a range of connected objects such as kitchen scales that monitor our diet or toothbrushes that can alert us to abnormal levels of tartar.
This evening debate, part of the Pint of Science Festival, will be hosted by five researchers:

• Robin Candau (Professor at the Faculty of Sports Sciences – University of Montpellier);
• Fany Cérèse – Doctor of Architecture;
• Matthieu Compin (Instrument Design Engineer – CNRS – IES Laboratory – University of Montpellier;
• Alain Foucaran (Director of the Institute of Electronics and Systems – IES);
• Anne Laurent (University Professor, Montpellier Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics, and Microelectronics – LIRMM).

By 2050, 75% of the world's population will live in cities and 50 billion objects will be connected worldwide.
A study published by Navigant Research reveals that the number of city dwellers will increase by 75% worldwide by 2050, from 3.6 to 6.3 billion people. In this context, what will our homes look like in 2050?
Engineers and researchers working on this question are imagining not just connected homes, but smart homes that adapt to the needs, habits, and tastes of each individual... This is a technological challenge, but also an ethical one, particularly with regard to the use of data.
HUT (Human at home projecT.) project: observatory of the apartment of the future
The speakers will present the HUT project: an observatory apartment, the first example of what our homes will look like in the future.
It will enable our best researchers to answer important scientific questions. What connected information will we share? How and why? How do we interact with smart homes? How can technology improve our living conditions?
What new laws and legislation are needed for the housing of the future?
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