Health
involve devices and related technologies that help people monitor their health from a home location. Examples include blood pressure, pulse and weight monitoring devices, automatic medication reminders/dispensers, online medical records, video doctor visits and robot assistants.
Safety
involve devices and related technologies, like apps and monitoring services, designed to help people be safe in their homes. Examples include special lighting, sensors that automatically turn off appliances, video camera doorbells, fall detectors and GPS trackers.
Education
involve tablets and other portable devices that display educational content. Examples might show you how to access the internet from home and how to pay for it, how to qualify for technology device loan programs, and how to install technologies that make your home easier to regulate using voice recognition.
Social
involve technology that helps users, friends and family, caregivers and others stay connected. These may be simple technologies for sharing family photos or playing games, or full-featured communication systems for scheduling and tracking appointments and sharing critical information.
Environmental
are technologies that make it possible for people to control the systems in their home environment—lighting, temperature, security, entertainment and others—using voice commands. Amazon Alexa and Google Home are common examples and are used in conjunction with “smart” devices.