Okay so there are soooo many better projects for the "Assisting Technology" challenge, but this project may fit the requirements, so why not!

This project, and motion based lighting at night in general is a pretty damn practical thing. With the technology being more available and home automation on the rise, I wouldn't be surprised to see this kind of technology in many house. I just made this for fun, but besides the basic "quality of life" benefits there are a few other important groups this can benefit:

• Accident prone people
• children afraid of the dark
• people who can't see well in the dark
• drunk people

And even

• drunk accident prone children who can't see well in the dark (a group often overlooked)

Thanks to the availability and ease of use of modules and microcontrollers like Arduino, amateur home automation could be possible for anyone.