Smart environment

[1] These sensors and computers are integrated with everyday objects in peoples' lives and are connected through networks.

Some of the key features of smart environments are: Sensors and Actuators: Smart environments are equipped with an assembly of sensors and actuators that collect data and initiate actions to provide services for the betterment of human life.

[8] Building a smart environment involves technologies of The Aware Home Research Initiative at Georgia Tech "is devoted to the multidisciplinary exploration of emerging technologies and services based in the home" and was launched in 1998 as one of the first "living laboratories.

"[9] The Mav Home (Managing an Adaptive Versatile Home) project, at UT Arlington, is a smart environment-lab with state-of-the-art algorithms and protocols used to provide a customized, personal environment to the users of this space.

The Mav Home project, in addition to providing a safe environment, wants to reduce the energy consumption of the inhabitants.