USEFIL, an EU ICT FP7 project with significant stakeholders from different EU countries, proposes solutions for elder people in the context of a “smart home”; where various high-tech gadgets and applications help them lead a much easier and respectable life. Homer Papadopoulos from Demokritos NCSR and Detlef Ruschin from Fraunhofer give us the inside story. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.