In this paper an embedded remote monitoring and controlling power socket (RMCPS) has been developed with high suitability for automatic and power management of home electric appliances. It requires no new layout and has the advantage of low cost, low electricity consumption, small volume and convenient installation to replace the PC with a Web server construction. The RMCPS consists of three modules: the essential module, the power line communication (PLC) module and the detection module. This allows the user a remote Internet connection to an embedded power socket to both monitor and control home electric appliances.

In this paper we propose a design using a guiding system, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), IEEE 802.15.1 short-range wireless transmission technology and the Internet to fabricate a blood pressure measurement (BPM) which works in cooperation with a health management system. Our design has many advantages, including being easy to use by the aged, low cost and wireless connectivity. It allows the early detection of high blood pressure and provides a doctor with a means for observing a patient's health over a long period. The guiding system provides video guide features for the measuring steps, reminds the patient of the measurement results and makes suggestions. We propose here a new design to determine the BPM posture in order to increase the BPM reliability.

This design integrates the near field communication (NFC) reader of a smartphone device with the door lock control system to provide a convenient single button operation. This design also offers three operation modes to the user in order to allow a one-time password with a time stamp permission to match the user's password to thus enhance the door's security. The door lock control system is fixed on the door, and also provides both the sleep state and the standby state to save power consumption for a long time operation.

In this paper we propose an integration design of both a near field communication (NFC) and a smartphone to achieve a door lock control system. This design consists of a built-in NFC capabilities of a smartphone combined with a dedicated application deemed to be a key to open the door by means of the logical link control protocol (LLCP) exchange together with a time stamp to match the user's own set of password information to verify who is a permissions user or not. When verified the specific door which is secured by this door lock control system immediately opens.

In this paper, we design a wearable appliance gesture remote controller that is composed of two parts: a hand gesture recognition belt and a receiver unit. The controller uses both an accelerometer and a gyroscope to discern hand gestures and a Kalman filter to reduce some jitter noise such as an individual's hands that are trembling slightly. The receiver unit can decode the received information and echo the corresponding action. This design incorporates an LED array lamp as the home appliance used to control the on/off function and the dimming function.

In this paper, we design a home outlet and a LED array lamp controlled by hand gesture recognition with a smartphone that has a system composed of two parts: a smartphone's application and a wireless remote control unit (WRCU). The application can read the accelerometer and gyroscope in a smartphone by means of hand gesture recognition and send a control command to the wireless remote control unit. The wireless remote control unit can decode the received message and echo the corresponding action. This design incorporates a LED array lamp as the home outlet used to control both the on/off function and the dimming function.