Project Gerhome, run by the French centre for construction research (CSTB), fits out houses with sensors monitoring almost all the activity that goes on inside the walls.
The wealth of data being gathered could mean, for instance, that the sensors can work out whether residents are eating normally.
From electricity consumption, movement, to chair and bed occupation, the aim is to determine a resident's "normal" behaviour.
"Based on the activity of the equipment we can realise what is the real activity of the person, in the sense of the daily activity," said Alain Anfosso, from CSTB Gerhome.
"The interest of this analysis of sensors is to understand if the activity is normal," he said.
The system can detect the slight changes in natural rhythms that can give doctors and carers early warning of possible trouble ahead.
"Some kinds of evolutions such as sleeping periods, for instance, can be a sign of
some kind of weakness," he said.
He added that many factors were taken into account, including changing sleep patterns and meals varying with each season.
Software used to analyse raw data can tell if someone is in trouble, if they can bend or stretch normally, or if they are changing their usual routine.
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