Interaction Design Guidelines for Home Automation
In the last years, home automation became a reality as a result of an increased availability of different commercial solutions. Some examples of these options can be X10, UPB, Insteon and Z-Wave. Also, the fact that costs decrease day by day making this type technology widely accessible to almost every home. The idea of smart home, which is controlled by themselves, understands the context and performs actions, has provided new research fields and opportunities. In spite of that, there are still controversial opinions toward how can smart homes improve the life and care of the elderly or of people with different disabilities. Among the different disabilities, people with impaired motor abilities can take advantages of eye tracking methods to control their homes. This kind of tracking strategies can exploit this limited ability to build a communication channel for interaction and as a result opening new possibilities for computer-based communication and control solutions....