Course Description

Step into Georgia Tech’s Aware Home to see how our homes can be technically enhanced to help us maintain independence and quality of life as we grow older. The Aware Home is a 3-story, 5040 square foot facility designed to facilitate research, while providing an authentic home environment. Imagine sensing and perception technologies that can enable a home to be aware of the location and activities of its occupants, the use of technologies in the bathroom to help us live independently, and robotics that can lend an electronic hand to support our needs at home.

The tour will be led by Brian D. Jones, Director of the Aware Home Research Initiative, who will showcase past and current research ranging from technologies available today and those coming in the future. https://sites.gatech.edu/awarehome/  

Please register early because the tour is limited to 15.

Address/Parking: 479 10th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332There are 2 spots (yellow signs) in the lot adjacent to the Aware Home. There is also Park Mobile pay parking in that lot. Pay is usually $2/hr; select ~ 2 hrs. Additional Park Mobile parking is available further west on 10th Street past Hemphill at the Paper Science Museum building. To get there, head west on 10th Street in the left lane. Just a little bit past the Hemphill intersection, you will turn left across the bike path and proceed through the gate into the larger lot. Then use the Park Mobile app to enter the zone and select ~2hrs. NOTE: Visitors should NOT park on Center Street near the house. There are signs to this effect that a permit is required, and the enforcement seems to be waiting to ticket. Aware Home Research Initiative – INSTITUTE FOR PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY:  https://awarehome.gatech.edu