Capacitating technologies for adaptive environments: the Living Hub case study (original) (raw)
Free related PDFsRelated papers
Studia Informatica Universalis, 2013
An essential element in ageing well is the use of technologies to support quality of life and autonomy. Acceptability of such technologies for use by the elderly is central, with usage as a key issue to be addressed. The Living Lab ActivAgeing (LL2A) was founded by the University of Technology of Troyes (Champagne-Ardenne, France) specifically to address these issues, and to contribute to the development of relevant solutions for active and healthy ageing. The approach adopted is based on the development and evaluation of technological solutions for ambient assisted living, using participatory and iterative design methodologies. The economic model and the organisational innovation of the solutions being developed are addressed as early as possible, in terms of market relevance, acceptability, usability, and obviously ethics.
Free PDF
—Nowadays, information and communication technology (ICT) has become a key driver for future health-enabling and ambient assisted living technologies. These future health-enabling living environments proactively anticipate the inhabitants' needs and adapt their behaviour accordingly. They further continuously monitor the behaviour of the inhabitants and may call in support in suspicious cases. In this article, we present an architectural blueprint for such a proactive living environment and highlight the corresponding challenges for research in the field. Afterwards, we present a simulation as experimental platform for learning the daily routine of inhabitants of a flat-sharing community of senior citizens. The experimental evaluation highlights that probably unusual behaviour of persons can be detected using a probabilistic approach, which may serve as an indicator for external support.
Free PDF
Free PDF
Active aging in place supported by caregiver-centered modular low-cost platform
2021
Aging in place happens when people age in the residence of their choice, usually their homes because is their preference for living as long as possible. This research work is focused on the conceptualization and implementation of a platform to support active aging in place with a particular focus on the caregivers and their requirements to accomplish their tasks with comfort and supervision. An engagement dimension is also a plus provided by the platform since it supports modules to make people react to challenges, stimulating them to be naturally more active. The platform is supported by IoT, using low-cost technology to increment the platform modularly. Is a modular platform capable of responding to specific needs of seniors aging in place and their caregivers, obtaining data regarding the person under supervision, as well as providing conditions for constant and more effective monitoring, through modules and tools that support decision making and tasks realization for active livi...
Free PDF
Ambient Assisted Living: Italian Forum 2013
This book presents the refereed proceedings of the Fourth Italian Forum on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), held in Ancona, Italy, in October 2013. A wide range of issues are covered, and new technological developments are described which will support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special needs through an innovative and integrated approach, designed to respond to the socio-economic challenges of an aging population. Topics addressed include: health and well-being, prevention and rehabilitation, and support for care providers; active aging and its social implications; services for the frail elderly with health problems and their families; nutrition; ICT platforms/technologies for the benefit of the elderly; home automation and control technologies (autonomy, safety, and energy saving); smart cities and smart communities; telemedicine, telerehabilitation, and telecare; mobility, participation, and social inclusion; games and fun for the elderly; building design; soci...
Free PDF
Free PDF
Free PDF
Proceedings of the 2011 17th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising (ICE 2011), ISBN: 978–3–943024–05–0, 2011
The municipality of Schwechat has initiated several programmes to boost the ICT research and development as well as the concrete usage of ICT in daily life in order to allow individuals and the local community to participate in the e-society and to gain benefits provided by upcoming ICT. By applying the Living Lab framework, users are involved during the requirement gathering and development processes as early as possible and throughout the whole process. The paper describes the current structure of the Living Lab (LL), the methodologies deployed for user-centred design and development and outlines the experiences gained to date. During the first five years, about ten RTD projects were started in the LL and the first have already been successfully completed. It could be shown that the user-centred approach, the set of methodologies available in a Living Lab and the multi stakeholder involvement would be very helpful in designing and developing prototypes (and future products) which actually meet daily living needs.
Free PDF
From Ambient Assisted Living to Society Ambient Living
2018
The developments of TLC networks and computer-based equipment allow the test of the Ambient Intelligent (AmI) concepts. In this paper these ideas are discussed from the perspective of activities carried out as an effort to help people (mainly old people) to live independently and comfortably. Three levels of implementations are discussed: the present situation, where intelligence is mainly meant as the use of computer-based equipment, able to adapt their behaviour to different users, the developments in progress, where equipment are connected under an intelligent control in the environment, for the implementation of functionalities and the communication with other supporting people, and future extension to the entire communication network, where intelligent user agents are able to look for potentially interesting contacts and negotiate to check promising opportunities, before involving users themselves.
Free PDF
Free PDF
