HAPPY WALKER
Until now, the technical solutions to support the older adults in their mobility do not address their needs, wishes and capacities. The innovation in this project consists of the development of an ...
Read moreObjectives
The objective of Happy Walker is to develop an ICT-based solution, specifically targeted to the elderly people, that sustain the ability of the elderly people to use different types of transportation and their mobility.
Expected results and impact
The proposed mobility oriented services will help the older adults by:
- stimulating an active life style;
- enhancing the outdoor safety (features such as for example drop-off detection and finding an accessible and friendly walking/driving route);
- emergency alarming and localisation;
- providing travel planning and support over heterogeneous transportation means;
including taking into account the direct surrounding neighbourhood, life-style and self-management, combined with preparation and supervision functions for involved formal and informal caregivers and optimising the user-friendliness and usefulness by filtering out useful information.
Partners
Partners involved in the HappyWalker project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| TNO | R&D | The Netherlands | www.tno.nl |
| Vilans | R&D | The Netherlands | www.vilans.nl |
| Verhaert | SME | Belgium | www.verhaert.com |
| Zorgpalet | End User | The Netherlands | www.zorgpaletbaarnsoest.nl |
| Linkcare | SME | Spain | www.linkcarehs.es |
| Eljakim | SME | The Netherlands | www.eljakim.nl |
| I+ | SME | Italy | www.i-pui.it |
| CIBEK | SME | Germany | www.cibek.de |
| UUAS/HU | R&D | The Netherlands | www.hu.nl |
| Vision | SME | Spain | www.visionlocalizacion.com |
- Project name: Happy Walker
- Website: www.happyassistedliving.com
- Coordinator: TNO, The Netherlands
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.09.2012
- Total budget: € 3.028.000
- Public contribution: € 2.063.000
I’CITYFORALL
The goal of I’CityforAll is to design “Audio Aged sensitive” ICT systems enhancing self-confidence, mobility, safety, for a better social and mental (overall) well being. The targeted ...
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The I’CityForAll project aims at enhancing the sense of security and self-confidence of presbycusic people whose hearing degradation increases with age. Two mobility environments are considered: public confined spaces and urban space. The ICT solutions consist of intelligent loudspeakers for better intelligibility of vocal messages in public confined spaces and systems embedded in vehicles for better localisation of urban sound alarms like ambulances, police cars, fire trucks, etc., as the presbycusis alters the perception of distance and the direction of sound source.
Expected results and impact
Three demonstrators will be presented at the end of the I’CityForAll project:
- Assessing Intelligibility product based on the I’CityForAll Objective quality criteria of vocal announces that will allow public companies such as Museums or transportation companies to assess their needs.
- Loudspeakers dedicated to large spaces (i.e. railway stations, museums…), integrating the global processing chain of emission, correction and generation of vocal announces with various ambient noises.
- Vehicles equipped with automatic real-time presbycusis equalisation and alarm localisation systems
Partners
Partners involved in the I’CityForAll project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives | R&D | France | www-list.cea.fr |
| Université Paris Descartes | R&D | France | www.lipade.mi.parisdescartes.fr |
| Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile | R&D | Italy | www.robotica.casaccia.enea.it |
| Technische Universität München | R&D | Germany | www.tum.de |
| Centro Ricerche FIAT | R&D | Italy | www.crf.it |
| Centre d’Expertise National des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour l’autonomie | End User | France | www.centich.fr |
| Active Audio | SME | France | www.activeaudio.fr |
| EPFL - Laboratoire d’Électromagnétisme et d’Acoustique | R&D | Switzerland | http://infoscience.epfl.ch |
- Project name: Age Sensitive ICT Systems for Intelligible City For All, I’CityForAll
- Website: www.icityforall.eu
- Coordinator: Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2012
- Total budget: € 5.082.399,00
- Public contribution: € 2.409.300,36
Contact
Sylvie Ghalila
E.: Sylvie.ghalila@cea.fr
T.: +33 (0)1 69 08 02 32 | F. +33 (0)1 69 08 18 19
Objectives
The objective of the IMAGO project is to develop and test a navigation and positioning technology for the blind and visual impaired exceeding the quality, accuracy and applicability of positioning technology based on satellite data. Through this IMAGO technology blind and visual impaired should be able to increase their independence in mobility.
Expected results and impact
An image-based positioning and navigation system will be implemented at the functional prototype level and validated with users. Image generated data will be converted into tactile information to communicate effectively with blind and visual impaired users. This IMAGO based application will be most likely be a part of the I-Cane product series which apply electronics and tactile communication.
Furthermore the results will be used to explore new options in handling image based medical information.
Partners
Partners involved in the IMAGO project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Biomedical Systems bv | SME | The Netherlands | www.ab-sys.eu |
| RWTH Aachen, dept medical information UNIKLINIK | SME | Germany | www.ukaachen.de |
| Mediafiler | R&D | The Netherlands | www.mediafiler.nl |
| NVBS, Oogvereniging | End User | The Netherlands | www.oogvereniging.nl |
| Blindenzorg Licht & Liefde | End User | Belgium | www.blindenzorglichtenliefde.be |
| I-Cane social technologies | SME | The Netherlands | www.i-cane.org |
- Project name: IMAGO
- Website: www.aal-imago.eu
- Coordinator: I-Cane Social Technology BV
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.09.2012
- Total budget: € 1.267.571
- Public contribution: € 793.668
Contact
Hans Slijp
E.: hans.slijp@i-cane.nl
T.: +31 (0)641182393
MOBILE.OLD
MOBILE.OLD uses an Internet-enabled TV and/or a Set-Top-Box solution, which will be the main user interface for the older persons, providing multimodal web-based user interfaces using the remote ...
Read moreThe MOBILE.OLD project aims to provide a combined smartphone and TV-based service infrastructure with residential and outdoor services that will be delivered in a highly personalised and intuitive way and will advance the mobility of older persons. The services including information service for assisting mobility, travel and transport service, services for cognitive impaired people and physical and mobility training services, will be provided in a cost-effective way – aiming at independent living and sustained mobility, reinforcing activation, maintaining the health status, providing cognitive benefits.
Expected results and impact
- The MOBILE.OLD set of personalised services with intelligent multimodal and highly adaptive interfaces, which will enable older persons to live independently advancing the quality of mobility in their life.
- MOBILE.OLD pre-product prototype based on collected User/Technological Requirements and performed trials at pilot sites by involving older persons as end-user.
- The business plan for the commercialisation of the MOBILE.OLD services at the end of the project.
Partners
Partners involved in the MOBILE.OLD project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIFEtool gemeinnuetzige GmbH | End User | Austria | www.lifetool.at |
| National Foundation for the Elderly | End User | Netherlands | www.ouderenfonds.nl |
| Madrid Health and Wellbeing Cluster | End User | Spain | www.madridnetwork.org |
| Ana Aslan International Foundation | End User | Romania | www.brainaging.ro |
| SIEMENS SRL | R&D | Romania | www.siemens.com |
| SEPROTRONIC GmbH | R&D | Germany | www.seprotronic.com |
| SAFEVIEW | R&D | Spain | www.safeviewtv.es |
| BLUE POINT IT SOLUTIONS | R&D | Romania | www.bluepoint-it.ro |
| AdvTec Ltd. | Large Industry | United Kingdom | www.advtec.co.uk |
| Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences | R&D | Austria | www.fh-ooe.at |
- Project name: MOBILE.OLD – Residential & outdoor services advancing the mobility of older persons
- Website: www.lifetool.at
- Coordinator: LIFEtool gemeinnuetzige GmbH
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 2.497.725,00
- Public contribution: € 1.471.220,20
MYGUARDIAN
MyGuardian will provide the following technologies: easy-to-use and rich communication between the mobile senior and the caregivers in order to reassure both caregivers and the senior thanks to the ...
Read moreObjectives
The MyGuardian project aims to facilitate safe and secure mobility of seniors with mild cognitive impairments while preserving their autonomy and dignity, and thereby enable seniors to increase their mobility (while increasing their self-confidence) and consequently to take part in the self-serve society. At the same time, MyGuardian improves well-being and efficiency of voluntary caregivers (e.g., family and friends) by ensuring their peace of mind and keeping them informed when the senior health state and risk situations, and improves efficiency of professional caregivers by providing them with up-to-date information and by supporting coordination of their care efforts.
Expected results and impact
The success of the project results are ensured by the presence of three SME’s (Hi-Iberia, ConnectedCare and VigiSense) with a strong commitment to the marketing of MyGuardian solution working in the project and distributing at least in the four countries involved, but as well to other markets thanks to the Internationality of some partners like VigiSense with presence also in Italy, Austria, Germany and Eastern Europe, which ensures the exploitation strategy through all Europe and to different targeted markets. The projected time-to-market will be 1-2 years. The service fits both the ageing, self-serve society trends, and the trend of wide availability of mobile computing and ubiquitous communication technologies.
Partners
Partners involved in the MyGuardian project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| HI-Iberia Ingenieria y Proyectos SL | SME | Spain | www.hi-iberia.es |
| CETIEX | End User | Spain | www.cetiex.es |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.qol.unige.ch |
| VigiSense | SME | Switzerland | www.vigisense.com |
| ConnectedCare | SME | Netherlands | www.connectedcare.nl |
| CNRS Ageing, Imaging, Modeling lab | End User | France | www.agim.eu |
| Careyn | End User | Netherlands | www.careyn.nl |
- Project name: MyGuardian, A Pervasive Guardian for Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairments
- Website: www.myguardian-project.eu
- Coordinator: HI-IBERIA Ingeniería y Proyectos SL
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2012
- Total budget: € 2.287.932
- Public contribution: € 1.394.827
Objectives
Age related memory decline, mild cognitive impairments (MCI), and cognitive impairments that occur with diseases, such as stroke, brain injuries, or early stages of dementia, have negative effects on the ability to navigate and to orient. Affected people who repeatedly start experiencing disorientation events often become scared of venturing out alone. The aim of the project NavMem is the development of a mobile companion for people with memory decline in order to support their navigation and orientation and at the same time promote a feeling of safety.
Expected results and impact
The product offered will support older persons in navigation, orientation and familiarisation. An additional location sharing service will allow to contact formal or informal care givers. The potential users are elderly people including those with some form of mild cognitive impairments. About 25% of people above 65 years develop some form of cognitive impairment. With about 29% of the EU’s population being above 65 years old in 2050. This means that in 2050 that the market will comprise about 30-35 Mio potential users with MCI and more than 120 Mio potential elderly users.
Partners
Partners involved in the NavMem project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| OFFIS e.V | R&D | Germany | www.offis.de |
| Siemens AG | Large Industry | Germany | www.siemens.com |
| Navevo Limited | SME | United Kingdom | www.navevo.com |
| Swedish Stroke Association | End User | Sweden | www.strokeforbundet.org |
| ULUND (Lunds universitet) | R&D | Sweden | www.certec.lth.se |
| Astando AB | SME | Sweden | www.astando.se |
| Roessingh Research and Development | SME | Netherlands | www.rrd.nl |
- Project name: Navigation Support for Older Travellers with Memory Decline – NavMem
- Website: www.navmem.eu
- Coordinator: OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology Department of Health
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.10.2012
- Total budget: € 1.980.000
- Public contribution: € 1.080.000
Objectives
The project aims to increase the mobility of the elderly, both in the vicinity of his home and on journeys. Currently elderly people often avoid leaving their home because they feel insecure outdoors. The lack of motion results in health problems like arthritis, osteoporosis, amyotrophia and cardiovascular diseases, additionally to depression and possible cognitive disorders. SAFEMOVE aims at encouraging self-confidence in own abilities providing both home-based physical and cognitive training as well as relevant information and location-based aids during outdoor life activities.
Expected results and impact
SAFEMOVE services will be conceived to give users the feeling of not being alone whenever they need any kind of help, while keeping control on decisions and responsible choices. Increased mobility, as well as enhanced healthiness and reduced social isolation, will be achieved through services made available by the project including a proper home-based physical/cognitive training support aimed at both enhancing the user’s capability of successfully handling new situations/tasks and enriching everyday’s life through an increased and conscious self-confidence.
Partners
Partners involved in the SAFEMOVE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| megatel GmbH | Large Industry | Germany | www.megatel.de |
| Neusta Mobile Solutions GmbH | SME | Germany | www.neusta-ms.de |
| InfoConsult GmbH | SME | Germany | www.infoconsult.nu |
| Volkshilfe Oberösterreich | End User | Austria | www.volkshilfe-ooe.at |
| Universität Bern | R&D | Switzerland | www.unibe.ch |
| e-Learning Studios | SME | United Kingdom | www.e-learningstudios.com |
| Netural Communication | SME | Austria | www.netural.com |
| e-learning knowledge Solutions LTD | SME | Israel | www.e-learning.co.il |
- Project name: Safe mobility of elderly in the vicinity of their home and on Journeys „SafeMove“
- Website: http://www.safemove-project.eu
- Coordinator: megatel Informations – und Kommunikationssysteme GmbH
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2012
- Total budget: € 2.169.940
- Public contribution: € 1.160.221
Objectives
The idea of T&Tnet is to provide personalised context-based multimodal and multinational social journey planning with affective capabilities and an easy to follow adaptive real time guidance making use of artificial reasoning based on an information manager (filtering and combining). This solution will allow them to carry out and solve movement tasks and problems independently. T&Tnet offers navigation/orientation adapted to the user preferences in real time which makes use of transport information (schedule, delay, occupation …), emotions, social networks and a collaborative evolutionary platform.
Expected results and impact
T&Tnet will re-invent from scratch the way the elderly move around cities and countries throughout Europe. Thanks to the social collaborative platform in which users will add geo-information (escalators, demonstrations, road works, etc.), the real-time trip planner based on personal and accessibility preferences; and the emotional learning engine at the core of the system, users will experience a seamless, adaptive, comfortable journey, both from the mobile app and the web platform.
Partners
Partners involved in the T&Tnet project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isoin | SME | Spain | www.isoin.es |
| Tellu AS | SME | Norway | www.tellu.no |
| Center for Usability Research and Engineering | R&D | Austria | www.cure.at |
| Karde AS | SME | Norway | www.karde.no |
| GeoImaging Ltd | SME | Cyprus | www.geoimaging.com.cy |
| Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón | R&D | Spain | www.ita.es |
| Santer Reply SpA con único Azionista | Large Industry | Italy | www.reply.eu |
| Seniornett Norge | End User | Norway | www.seniornett.no |
| Zaragoza City Council | End User | Spain | www.zaragoza.es |
| AP-HP/ Hôpital Broca | End User | France | www.aphp.fr |
- Project name: T&Tnet – Travel & Transport solutions through emotional-social NETworking
- Website: http://ttnet-aal.eu/
- Coordinator: ISOIN – Ingeniería y Soluciones Informáticas S.L.
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2012
- Total budget: 3.205.159,25 €
- Public contribution: 1.879.707,00 €
Objectives
The objective of ALMA is to provide a modular, low-cost, integrated system to support autonomous mobility and orientation for the elder and, more in general, for the person with cognitive and/or mobility impairments. ALMA will develop a set of modules that can work in isolation or in cooperation, for: localisation, tracking, path planning and navigation, service search and scheduling, autonomous wheelchair mobility, and interfacing with the user.
Expected results and impact
The project will results in a set of modules for navigation, localisation, planning, monitoring, and interfacing, that can be assembled and configured according to different needs, budgets, and available resources. The ALMA modules/system will target a number of different scenarios, ranging from the individual use in domestic environments to the multiple and collective use in large care- and assistance-giving facilities, where they can be conveniently integrated with existing hw/sw technologies.
Partners
Partners involved in the ALMA project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI) | R&D | Switzerland | www.supsi.ch |
| Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione | R&D | Italy | www.polimi.it |
| Info Solution SpA | SME | Italy | www.infosolution.it |
| VCA Technology Ltd. | SME | United Kingdom | www.vcatechnology.com |
| Istituti Sociali di Chiasso | End User | Switzerland | www.chiasso.ch |
| Clinica Hildebrand | End User | Switzerland | www.clinica-hildebrand.ch |
| University of Wurzburg, Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Legal Theory, Information and Computer Science Law | R&D | Germany | www.uni-wuerzburg.de |
| Degonda Rehab SA | SME | Switzerland | www.degonda.ch |
- Project name: ALMA: Ageing without Losing Mobility and Autonomy
- Website: http://www.alma-aal.org/
- Coordinator: Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 02.04.2013
- Total budget: € 2.997.526
- Public contribution: € 1.435.220
Contact
Gianni Di Caro
E.: gianni@idsia.ch
T.: +41 76 2203264
Objectives
The goal of VIRGILIUS is to provide a seamless transnational out- and indoor location and navigation service to elders, integrated with a set of a value added services centred on the person, with the aim to support his/her well-being while on the move.
The system/service will be applicable to different life situations as well as adaptable to different users needs and requirement depending on capabilities, attitude, country of origin and of destination and education.
Expected results and impact
The target of the project is to provide a simple, accessible, usable and intuitive system with a personalised interface adaptable to changing end-users “abilities” and requirements. Increase the elders’ mobility guaranteeing a high level of the autonomy and enhancing the person individual sense of confidence, autonomy, competence, security and safety.
Partners
Partners involved in the VIRGILIUS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telespazio | Large Industry | Italy | www.telespazio.com |
| Rartel | Large Industry | Romania | www.rartel.com |
| ArxIT SA consulting | SME | Switzerland | www.arxit.com |
| National Philatelic Museum | End User | Romania | www.muzeulfilatelic.ro |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.unige.com |
- Project name: VIRGILIUS – A Guide to Elders’ Well Being
- Website: www.virgilius.eu
- Coordinator: Telespazio S.p.A
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 3.212.863,90
- Public contribution: € 1.594.043,66
Contact
Pierpaolo Pilloni
E.: pierpaolo.pilloni@telespazio.com
T.: +39 06 4079 6310