Science at UM [S02-ep08]: From Human at Home Project to Sud de Sciences
This week on A l’UM la science, Anne-Sophie Cases, coordinator of the interdisciplinary HUT( Human at Home) project, gives us an overview of four years of experimentation. The report takes us to the stage of HUT theater, and Agnès Pesenti, head of scientific culture, tells us about the Festival Sud de sciences.
The most loyal among you may remember: almost two years ago, in a previous episode, we told you about the Human at Home project. A unique experiment, the only one of its kind in the world, conducted in the heart of Montpellier. The goal? To test the housing of the future, or rather, the housing we wouldn't want in the future.
Every year since October 2018, two student volunteers have moved into a "connected" apartment to live as normally as possible, while behind the scenes, a consortium of researchers has been busy collecting as much data as possible recorded by the sensors omnipresent in the apartment: environmental sensors to measure humidity, temperature, and pollution; light and comfort sensors; home automation with voice assistants; connected objects of all kinds; floor sensors to decipher movements and possible musculoskeletal disorders; language analysis, and more. Throughout these four years, 13 research laboratories at the University of Montpellier and Paul Valery University worked on this program with the École des Mines d'Alès and the School of Architecture.
Far from being a technological experiment, Human at Home (HUT) has been tackling a human challenge over the past four years. The team presented its findings at a major conference. Our guest is Anne-Sophie Cases, who has been coordinating the HUT project since January 2020 and is a researcher at the MRM digital marketing laboratory.
For once, the second part of our program will be broadcast first, as this week's report is an excerpt from the HUT Théâtre play, which our guest will also be discussing.
Finally, our guest for the last three minutes will be Agnès Pesenti, head of scientific culture at the University of Montpellier. She will talk to us about the Sud de Sciences science film festival, which begins on November 23.
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Co-production: Divergence FM / University of Montpellier
Host: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Interview: Aline Périault / Lucie Lecherbonnier
Reporting and editing: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Director: Bruno Bertrand
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