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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Disability, Home Automation for the Elderly and Disabled, Motability, Ebony and Ivory, Old Age, Home Instead Senior Care, Sgsm Network, Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly, Environmental Control Device. Excerpt:International Symbol of Access The World Health Organization defines Disability as follows: "Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.' " An individual may also qualify as disabled if he/she has had an impairment in the past or is seen as disabled based on a personal or group standard or norm . Such impairments may include physical, sensory , and cognitive or developmental disabilities . Mental disorders (also known as psychiatric or psychosocial disability) and various types of chronic disease may also be considered qualifying disabilities. A disability may occur during a person's lifetime or may be present from birth. A physical impairment is any disability which limits the physical function of limbs or fine or gross motor ability. Current issues Current issues and debates surrounding disability include social and political rights , social inclusion and citizenship . In developed countries, the debate has moved beyond a concern about the perceived cost of maintaining dependent people with disabilities to an effort of finding effective ways to ensure that people with disabilities ... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Looking For Financing: FirstList, published by Vision Quest Publishing, Inc. on November 1, 2002. The length of the article is 756 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Looking For Financing WIRELESS HOME AUTOMATION CO. SEEKS EQUITY INVESTMENT.
Publication: Looking For Financing: FirstList (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2002
Publisher: Vision Quest Publishing, Inc.


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This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on December 14, 1992. The length of the article is 1480 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: On the cutting edge. (Speas Technologies Inc.'s installation of home automation systems)
Author: Jim Harris
Publication: Arkansas Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 14, 1992
Publisher: Journal Publishing, Inc.
Volume: v9Issue: n50Page: p16(2)

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This IDC Insight presents a cut of the results from IDC's 2009 Home Networking Survey, focusing on the results related to home automation and control. The online survey was completed in July 2009, and all respondents were subscribers to broadband Internet access at home.

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Home automation is a must for people who are too busy to bother about simple routines. However, home automation is a deep subject, and the 74-page eBook, “Home Automation Inside Out,” can definitely enhance you understanding of it. The book explains home automation in a simple manner and presents loads of tips that can definitely help you to successfully automate your home and enhance security.

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Home automation represents technology and solutions utilized to automate, manage, and control devices located within residential dwellings and small businesses by means of various remote control and automation methods.Remote control has evolved a long way since the devices first used to remotely control various consumer electronics and appliances (television, air conditions, computers) to support more integrated and comprehensive control.The goal of home automation solutions is to provide comfort, security, and efficiency for the residents and/or workers within a building. The main goal of automation is to enable residents/workers to perform normal daily tasks in a simpler, more efficient manner.

First published in 2007, Home Automation: Solutions and Business Issues 2008 provides updated information including company SWOT analysis for leading companies: Lutron Electronics Company, Control4, Home Automation Inc., JCL Automation, Cestron, Custom Solutions Inc. and Promwad.The updated report also includes a market segmentation study that contains factors that shape this market in home automation industry.Additional analysis covers consumer attitudes and concerns towards home automation. The publication also includes an evaluation of the different Home Automation technologies, a complete analysis for each technology, and finally the market analysis for the technology and future outlook from a market perspective.

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Cestron
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This digital document is an article from GUI Program News, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1094 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: LIFE/WARE TAKES HOME AUTOMATION MAINSTREAM VIA MEDIA CENTER.(Exceptional Innovation)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: GUI Program News (Newsletter)
Date: September 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 17Issue: 9Page: NA

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This digital document is an article from Home Networks, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2006. The length of the article is 621 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Echelon receives home automation award.(BUSINESS)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Home Networks (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 8Issue: 10Page: 3(2)

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Who'd ever thought we would see the Jetson era arrive at our time? All that automation in the Jetson's home made everything so futuristic, doors and windows opening and closing by programmed gadgets, lights and electrical appliances switching on and off by computer control, videophone calling, robots at your beck and call. Well, okay, we're not really there yet with the robot-thing, but the point is, the digital age is here and we're seeing technology getting deeply integrated into our personal lives more and more at the same time as it continues to get more highly developed as the years go by.

Home automation is so common at this present time. Most regular households have implemented if not a wide-range, at least some kind of home automation in the house. Home automation systems make regular household activities like maintenance, security, even the laundry and gardening, effortless. There are built-in home automation systems and wireless systems. There is an assortment of cool gadgets for home automation systems at wide-ranging prices. Does your home need power monitoring? How about automatic outdoor lighting? Maybe you hate gardening and need to install sprinkler control? Perhaps some weather monitoring? Oh, and don't forget home security systems. Then there's the telephone, satellite TV, cable, audio system, indoor lighting and kitchen appliances to network.

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This econometric study covers the world outlook for home automation products across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-a-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.This study does not report actual sales data (which are simply unavailable, in a comparable or consistent manner in virtually all of the 230 countries of the world). This study gives, however, my estimates for the worldwide latent demand, or the P.I.E. for home automation products. It also shows how the P.I.E. is divided across the world's regional and national markets. For each country, I also show my estimates of how the P.I.E. grows over time (positive or negative growth). In order to make these estimates, a multi-stage methodology was employed that is often taught in courses on international strategic planning at graduate schools of business. ... Read more

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This econometric study covers the world outlook for home automation products across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-a-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. This study does not report actual sales data (which are simply unavailable, in a comparable or consistent manner in virtually all of the 230 countries of the world). This study gives, however, my estimates for the worldwide latent demand, or the P.I.E. for home automation products. It also shows how the P.I.E. is divided across the world's regional and national markets. For each country, I also show my estimates of how the P.I.E. grows over time (positive or negative growth). In order to make these estimates, a multi-stage methodology was employed that is often taught in courses on international strategic planning at graduate schools of business. ... Read more

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The home of the future can be the home you live in today.As you were growing up, you probably remember cartoons, movies and television that forecasted a home that would make your food, walk your dog, and instantly greet you when you came home.

While we haven’t gotten quite to that point, home automation has taken the home into a new dimension.Today, you can control virtually anything in your home with a remote or even voice recognition.

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The home of the future can be the home you live in today.As you were growing up, you probably remember cartoons, movies and television that forecasted a home that would make your food, walk your dog, and instantly greet you when you came home.

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