Many researches and standardizations have been done for controlling and managing home networks and devices during past ten years. Such activities and technologies include UPnP/DLNA, ECHONET and Continua Health Alliance and so on. However, such technologies control and manage specifi c home devices. There have been no technologies and standards for controlling and managing such heterogeneous hom...

Smart homes are becoming more popular, as every day a new home appliance can be digitally controlled. Smart Digital Homes are using a server to make interaction with all the possible devices in one place, on a computer or webpage. In this paper we designed and implemented a mobile application using Windows Mobile platform that can connect to the controlling server of a Smart Home and grants the...

Off-the-shelf smart devices and applications are expected to be pivotal in the coming need for massive home care. Deployment and integration of these systems in the same household may result in unplanned interactions involving users and entertainment, communication, and health-related devices. These unplanned interactions are a major concern when, for example, communication or entertainment app...

This study is descriptive - cross sectional and  during  the 8 months from  winter of 2012 to spring and summer 2013 was performed . In this study at first, with preparation and organization the questionnaire, information about  usage, type and functionality of household treatment systems were collected. Then from 20 Household water treatment ،after water treatment, the samples were taken. samp...

The results of three patients with difficult to manage leg and trunk lymphedema are reported. Patients were treated with the current standard of care: combined decongestive therapy. All three patients met obstacles in achieving independent self-care, which impeded their discharge to home care. The use of two currently available programmable pneumatic compression devices (PCDs) was investigated ...

abstract: nowadays due to developing the information technology, buildings are equipped to this technology in order to reduce energy consumption and make more convenient for inhabitants. the popularity of smart home has been increasing greatly in recent years due to much higher affordability and simplicity through android smartphone connectivity. this paper prepares a review of smart home and h...

A number of technologies are emerging that enable the creation of a market for networked consumer electronic devices for home use. As this market emerges, the research area of home networking is increasing in importance. In this paper, we first present some motivating use cases from the application area of networked home entertainment to illustrate the requirements posed on home networks, both ...

119 ABSTRACT: In present days, home devices with network capabilities are widely used and augmented for delivering several Home Services (HS) to more end users. The technology integration offers new and exciting opportunities to increase the device connectivity within a home for many proposals of home automation. This paper is designed and implemented for a cost effective, flexible, manageable ...

Visions of domestic computing often imply the presence of a home network that seamlessly connects devices together and allows applications to share media within the home or with others connected to the Internet. We have not yet reached the stage where this scenario is straightforward for the average consumer who may not be technology savvy. To realize this vision, we need to make home networks ...