The goal is a holistic view on all areas of applications at home to support the Connected Living vision.

• Across different technologies
• Across different target groups
• Interdisciplinary branches
• Manufacturer independent

The goal is to develop applications for information management within a household

• Implementation of telecommunication functionalities
• Remote applications (e.g. cell phones, at work, within the car)
• Integration of existing (web) services

The goal is to develop energy savings potential with the help of intelligent home networks and home automation

• Reduce energy consumption and increase transparency
• Decentralizes energy management rented appartments
• Decentralizes load management (Smart Metering)

The goal is to develop applications for intelligent media usage

• For media: TV, Musik, Radio, Video, Internet, …
• For devices: TV, PC, Smartphone, MP3-Player, NAS, …
• For usage scenarios: at home, en route, at work

The goal is the development of prevention- and health-oriented applications and services, e.g. in terms of apps

• Simple access to health information
• Applications for all generations and their individual way of life
• Primary and secondary prevention

The goal is the development of protective measures for the life and health of residents

• Anomaly detection
• Burglary detection
• Safety for children

The goal is to develop general guidelines for all working groups of Connected Living

e.g. in terms of style guides for

• User Interfaces
• Interaction design and usage concepts
• Visualization of information
• Personalization

The goal is to develop a single technological platform for all working groups of Connected Living

• Scalability and Modularity
• 3rd Party Integration via unique APIs
• Open to different/new/forthcoming technologies