Japan introduces smart house project
Last Updated : Feb 08 2018 | 8:06 PM IST
Yokohama (Japan), Feb 08 (ANI): This video is made by Yokohama city which hosts one of the largest numbers of manufacturing industries in Japan. There are around 6,000 manufacturing companies and 3,000 IT companies in the city. It aims to "create new business models" and "contribute to solving social issues" by "supporting the challenges that small companies encounter". There is a "Future House Project" introducing IoT technology in a residential building. Yokohama City and five companies are jointly collaborating in this project. Trailer-type houses have furniture with a variety of approximately 15 IoT technologies. By actually having people live here, the data of the indoor environment is obtained from temperature, humidity, and illumination. Vital data on the weight, blood pressure, sleep time, and life activity line are also recorded in cloud servers. This is the washstand. It will automatically measure the weight while standing in front of the sink. The mirror displays health d