The smart home controller on your wrist

  • Authors:
  • Luigi De Russis;Dario Bonino;Fulvio Corno

  • Affiliations:
  • Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy;Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy;Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This paper addresses human-home interaction mediated by everyday objects, with a particular focus on wrist watches. Everyday wrist-worn devices are turned into flexible home access points by exploiting a modular architecture independent from the underlying home automation system, and from the specific watch device, provided that the necessary capabilities are available. A first working prototype based on a cost-effective consumer watch is presented, and experimental results confirm the viability of the approach.