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. The smart home is now hyper-connected and can be controlled remotely via a smartphone or tablet. We can already manage lighting, heating, audio-video systems, burglar alarms, and a wide range of devices through home automation.
Refrigerators will soon be equipped with displays showing food expiration dates, real-time shopping lists, and what food is left to eat. Linked apps will even be able to create and plan weekly meal menus based on the food on hand.
The smart home incorporates a range of connected devices, such as kitchen scales that monitor our diet or a toothbrush that can alert us to abnormal tartar buildup.
This discussion event, part of the Pint of Science Festival, will be led by five researchers:

• Robin Candau (Professor in the School 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 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 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… This presents not only 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 in the future.
It will enable our top researchers to address major scientific questions. What connected data 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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