How Can Social Robots Help the Elderly Age in Place Better and Longer? The main article on Social Robots describes some of the potential benefits to seniors aging in place: Conversational interface minimizes (ideally eliminates) user need to learn … [Read more...] about Social Robots for the Elderly
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Social Robots
What is a Social Robot? “For me, a social robot is first and foremost a companion. Yes, it’s smart, learns, has the ability to understand us and talk. It can perform all sorts of tasks on our behalf. But we have to be able to relate to it and feel like … [Read more...] about Social Robots
My Smart Home Stories #8
How Smart Home Technology Can Improve a Relationship and Save Money How Smart Home technology can improve one's relationship by eliminating (or reducing) some behavior caused friction is introduced in the story discussing our kitchen remodel, and the … [Read more...] about My Smart Home Stories #8
My Smart Home Stories #7
Our Somewhat Smart Vacation Home We have a vacation home where we currently spend at least two months per year over two visits. The house has two main levels, with our master bedroom suite upstairs. We also have two more of the uplight "cans" my wife … [Read more...] about My Smart Home Stories #7
My Smart Home Stories #6
SmartThings Smart Home Sensors on Sale Having acquired the Samsung SmartThings Hub I began learning about its capabilities and ideas for applications in my home began to emerge. When Samsung put a bunch of its devices on sale, I decided to get … [Read more...] about My Smart Home Stories #6
