Smart Homes of The Future Could Adjust to Your Needs

New York: Researchers in the US, including one of Indian-origin, are working on a technology that could make homes of the future adjustments to your activity without the need for invasive cameras. So when you leave a room, you would not require anyone to tell that the lights or the fans needed to be switched off. Sensors hidden in the walls or floors could automatically detect that the room was empty and do the needful. This system would read not only the vibrations, sounds — and even the specific gait, or other movements — associated with people and animals in a building, but also any subtle changes in the existing ambient electrical field. (IANS)