[Lerain]

I love this. Yes, as mentioned by others, maintenance might be an issue, but that should not be the reason to abandon the whole effort of connecting elderly people to async TV and simple home automation. I am sure there are more than enough children or relatives that are happy to assist with these maintenance tasks. The author seems to have done similar projects for a lot of his peers and it seems to work for them.

And... it's also a great reminder of how challanging it is for elderly folks (AND ourselves in the future!) to deal with the horror of multiple remotes and tech they don't understand.

In the "Why Use this Website?" section on the frontpage of his site, it reads: "Get help developing products and services that older adults actually want and need."

I applaud the mission and the effort to document all of it in a guide-like fashion. Great job!

[happymellon]

> And... it's also a great reminder of how challanging it is for elderly folks (AND ourselves in the future!) to deal with the horror of multiple remotes and tech they don't understand.

Not just elderly. I hate multiple remotes, my wife hates multiple remotes, the kids hate multiple remotes.

Multiple remotes means that your product doesn't play nice with others, and that should be a huge red flag for the future when we have plenty of tech that lets us use a single remote.