A secure, multi-application network of shared sensors for assisted living, energy efficiency and home security

当今大多数传感器系统都是单一用途的，带有自己的专有设备，难以使用且安全性低。例如，联网的防盗报警器没有其他用途，不与任何其他服务共享数据或传感器，可能对保护离开家的敏感数据几乎没有作用。其中一些允许人们通过智能手机监视和控制家里的东西，这对大众市场来说相当乏味。大多数人想要的是没有持续交互的有用服务。通过三个示例服务，本项目将展示一个新的安全、多应用共享传感器网络，它可以很容易地被更多服务使用（包括我们还没有想到的许多服务），并且易于安装、使用和扩展现成的传感器。同样新颖的是，所有的智能都存在于家中。这使得它更容易安全，消除了持续的交互，并且意味着即使传感器或互联网出现故障，服务通常也可以维持。该项目还将展示用户如何控制谁可以访问和控制他们的设备，以及一个家庭应用商店，用户可以在那里浏览服务，服务提供商和制造商可以在那里做广告。

Most sensor systems today are single purpose, come with their own proprietary devices, are difficult to use and have low security. e.g. a connected burglar alarm has no other use, shares no data or sensors with any other service and may do little to protect the sensitive data leaving the home. Several allow people to monitor and control things in the home via a smartphone, which is rather nerdy for the mass market. The majority want useful services without constant interaction. Using three example services, this project will show a novel secure, multi-application network of shared sensors that could easily be used by many more services (including lots we haven’t yet thought of), and is simple to install and use and expand with off-the-shelf sensors. Also novel is that fact that all the intelligence resides in the home. This make it much easier to secure, eliminates the constant interaction and means that service can usually be maintained even when sensors or the internet fail. The project will also show how users are in control of who can access and control their devices, and a Home-App store where they can browse for services and service providers and manufacturers can advertise.