The Smart Challenge

Demand for smart homes will continue to increase. This is due to the demographic confluence of an aging population looking for assistance with activities of daily living in order to remain in their homes and the continued push for community-based residences for consumers with disabilities (see Aging In Place Identified As A Top Barrier To Older Adult Health & Well-Being and The Evolving Market For Consumers With Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities).

And smart home technologies are now able to do more for consumers. The existing assistive tech—like hearing aids, on-screen subtitles, and voice assistants—led the . . .