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'Smart' house texts you if there's a problem

8 July 2009

Video: See the ‘smart’ doll’s house

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A high-tech doll’s house is the initial testing ground for the team’s work

(Image: University of Hertfordshire)

IT MAY look low-tech, but this smart doll’s house could one day change the way we live, its inventors claim.

Part of a project called InterHome, it is designed to test and demonstrate how much greener and secure our homes could be if they incorporated intelligent technologies that adapt to our daily routine. And it’s easier to chop and change those technologies on a small scale until the researchers get it right.

Developed at the University of…

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