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 rise of the connected home is well underway. Today’s smart home is highly connected and can be controlled remotely via a smartphone or tablet. Thanks to home automation, we can already manage lighting, heating, audio-video systems, security alarms, and a wide range of other devices.
Refrigerators will soon be equipped with shelves that display food expiration dates, real-time shopping lists, and a list of items that need to be consumed. Linked apps will even be able to create and plan weekly meal menus based on the food currently in stock.
The smart home incorporates a range of connected devices, such as kitchen scales that track our diet or a toothbrush capable of alerting us to abnormal plaque buildup.
This discussion event, part of the Pint of Science Festival, will be led by five researchers:

• Robin Candau (Professor at the Faculty of Sports Sciences – University of Montpellier);
• Fany Cérèse – Doctor of Architecture;
• Matthieu Compin (Instrumentation 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 devices will be connected worldwide.
A study published by Navigant Research reveals that the number of city dwellers worldwide will increase by 75% by 2050, rising from 3.6 billion to 6.3 billion people. In this context, what will our homes look like in 2050?
Engineers and researchers working on this issue are envisioning not just a connected home, but a smart home that adapts to each person’s needs, habits, and tastes… A technological challenge, but also an ethical one, particularly regarding the use of data.
HUT Project (Human at home projecT.): observatory of the apartment of the future
Speakers will present the HUT project: an observatory apartment, the first example of what our homes will look like tomorrow.
It will enable our top researchers to answer major 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 regulations are needed for the housing of the future?
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