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MIT Home of the Future Project Featured at Forum
Parks Associates' Forum
2001 is offering a unique view into the future integration of
architecture and home systems technology with a session dedicated to House_n,
the MIT Home of the Future project.
The session will take place on December
13, 2001, at Forum
2001: Leveraging Digital Opportunities, hosted by Parks Associates
at the Regent Las Vegas. Dr.
Kenneth Wacks, home systems consultant to House_n, will moderate
the session, which will feature Kent
Larson, director of House_n, and project sponsors Duane
Gauger, senior strategist for Proctor & Gamble; Don
Pelley, senior research engineer for Salt River Project; and Narendra
Srivatsa, program manager for International Paper.
"I view the research at the MIT Home of the Future as complementary
to corporate product development of home systems," Ken
Wacks explained. "Our industry needs the strategic focus of House_n
as we strive to revolutionize consumer products and the home
environment."
The MIT Home of the Future is planning to construct a prototype called
the Cambridge House, which will be a living laboratory for the development
of a connected home that adapts to its inhabitants. The house will be
constructed with a sophisticated frame for modular assembly of the building
and incorporation of moveable wall panels. This chassis will accommodate a
communications network, built-in sensors, displays, and networked
appliances.
The House_n project team will conduct research in the Cambridge
House that addresses a variety of problems in energy, health, and user
interfaces. A goal of House_n is to create an environment where the
house can be adapted to the occupants' changing needs in room layout and
home services, including the delivery of healthcare at home.
"Residential technologies are changing how we design and live in our
homes," said Tricia
Parks, president of Parks Associates. "The MIT Home of the Future
is making great strides in this arena. This panel will offer Forum
attendees a valuable look into the future of homebuilding and home design in
meeting the needs of particular market segments."
Forum, an annual
event now in its fourteenth year, is a cross-industry conference that
provides leaders with the knowledge to leverage products and service
developments by crossing market and channel boundaries. Attendees represent
a variety of manufacturers and service providers from the home networking,
telecommunications, broadband, consumer electronics, security, energy
management, builder, mobile communication, and semiconductor industries.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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