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
Objectives
The ASSAM project aims to compensate for declining physical and cognitive capabilities of elderly persons by user-centred development of modular navigation assistants for various mobility platforms, such as walker, wheelchair, and tricycle, enabling sustained everyday mobility and autonomy with seamless transition from indoors to outdoors in environments such as residential complexes, the neighbourhood quarter, or touristic areas. Modular assistance systems provide obstacle avoidance, navigational aid, cognitive assistance for visual impairment, and security by connection to a care centre in emergency situations.
Expected results and impact
Hardware and software variants of the mobility assistants (Navigation Aid, Driving Aid, Navigation Assistant) for the walker, wheelchair, and tricycle platforms will be developed and marketed within two years after the project end. Affordable add-on hardware for the platform-independent Navigation Aid, easily adaptable to non-electric wheelchairs and walkers by many manufacturers, will achieve a high market penetration. The ASSAM Forum will be set up for enterprises such as shopping centres, hotels, hospitals, airports or cities who intend to buy mobility assistants in numbers to rent to their clients for sharing.
Partners
Partners involved in the ASSAM project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFKI GmbH | R&D | Germany | www.dfki.de |
| Budelmann Elektronik | End User | Germany | www.budelmann-elektronik.com |
| Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. | End User | Germany | www.johanniter.de |
| neusta mobile solutions GmbH | R&D | Germany | www.neusta.de |
| Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya | R&D | Spain | esaii.upc.edu |
| Centre de vida independent | SME / End User | Spain | www.cvi-bcn.org |
| Utrecht School of the Arts | R&D | The Netherlands | kmt.hku.nl |
| Stichting Bartiméus | SME / End User | The Netherlands | www.accessibility.nl |
| Ecobike | R&D | Spain | www.ecobike.com |
| Lifante Vehicles, S.A. | SME | Spain | www.lifante.net |
- Project name: Assistants for Safe Mobility – ASSAM
- Website: www.assam-project.eu
- Coordinator: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH)
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 2.979.164
- Public contribution: € 2.039.942
Objectives
One of the requirements for successful and independent ageing is to be engaged in the world and the mobility of older people is the first step for this. The ASSISTANT project will aid them in using public transport anywhere (rural/urban) and provide a simple yet effective safety line for them. The single most effective feedback of the ASSISTANT system is to remind the user when to exit the bus/metro or change direction, a very critical yet to-date unsupported feedback element in travelling which allows the user to enjoy the time of journey without constantly checking the progress of the vehicle.
Expected results and impact
The most important result will be bringing a product to market. There are two tracks for this: 1) taking ASSISTANT directly from the project to a commercial offering, and 2) incorporating the ASSISTANT results into an existing commercial offering. Supporting these two ends, ASSISTANT will be standards based, and documented (including design rationale) so that the results of ASSISTANT can be used with a minimum of overhead. Partners will also undertake dissemination activities locally. Additionally, the project will pursue scientific dissemination of results via academic and industrial communities.
Partners
Partners involved in the ASSISTANT project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundación Tecnalia | Large Industry | Spain | www.tecnalia.com |
| Andago Ingeniería S.L. | SME | Spain | www.andago.com |
| Citruna Technologies Oy | SME | Finland | www.andago.com |
| E-Seniors | SME | France | www.eseniors.eu |
| Fara OY | SME | Finland | www.fara.no |
| Transport & Travel Research Ltd. | SME | United Kingdom | www.ttr-ltd.com |
| University of Vienna | R&D | Austria | www.univie.ac.at |
| VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland | R&D | Finland | http://www.vtt.fi |
- Project name: Aiding SuStainable Independent Senior TrAvellers to Navigate in Towns – ASSISTANT
- Website: http://aal-assistant.eu
- Coordinator: Fundación Tecnalia, Spain
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: €2.666.015
- Public contribution: €1.410.848
Contact
Stefan Carmien
E.: stefan.carmien@tecnlia.com
T.: (+34) 667 119 685
Objectives
The overall objective for COM’ON s to develop, test and deploy a digital platform and associated services for public transportation, which offer coping support to older persons – having mild to moderate problems with moving around. COM’ON will enhance their sense of self-efficacy through:
- Confidence and autonomy, through specific mobility information;
- Competence, by designing interfaces reflecting mental resources;
- Security and safety through access to assistance.
Expected results and impact
The COM’ON platform and associated services will increase user’s experience of independence, confidence and save resources through the increased use of public transport. Family members will be able to support their relatives, and encourage them to maintain their mobility and increase their self-reliance. Help elderly to stay longer in their own homes, reducing public sector cost deriving from nursing homes etc.
Partners
Partners involved in the COM’ON project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen Living Lab | SME | Denmark | www.copenhagenlivinglab.com |
| Xtel | SME | Denmark | www.xtel.dk |
| ACTIMO | SME | Denmark | www.actimo.dk |
| Laurea University of Applied Sciences | R&D | Finland | www.laurea.fi |
| Nearparent Oy | SME | Finland | www.nearparent.com |
| Enthoven Associates | SME | Belgium | www.yellowwindow.com |
| Concept Factory | SME | Luxembourg | www.conceptfactory.lu |
| I2CAT | SME | Spain | www.i2cat.net |
| City of Luxembourg | End User | Luxembourg | www.vdl.lu |
- Project name: Confident motion, COM’ON
- Website: www.comon.lu
- Coordinator: Copenhagen Living Lab, Denmark
- Duration: 28 Months
- Starting Date: 01.03.2012
- Total budget: € 2.698.711
- Public contribution: € 1.444.665
Objectives
ELDERHOP wants to provide a complex easy-to use solution to improve the quality of life of elderly people. The objective is to develop, test, and make available a suite of open-source mobile and TV applications, which supports people above 65 in their important daily activities like shopping, using public transport, etc. The envisioned end product will facilitate the outdoors activity and navigation capabilities of the elderly, while decreasing their anxiety and stress levels. Our goal is to launch the service at the end of 2013, and reach 2% of the target population within 24 months after finishing the project.
Expected results and impact
The project intends to develop a complete end-to end solution to help elderly people in their daily activities outside of their homes. The solution will be available from app stores, and it will increase the sense of security, comfort, and self-esteem of elderly people through providing them easy-to use technologies. Further expected benefits include the increased digital inclusion of the elderly through user-friendly interfaces adapted to their needs, and the assistance provided to the elderly in the search for special deals and discounts (helping them to save money).
Partners
Partners involved in the ELDERHOP project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobility and Multimedia Coordination Office Nonprofit Ltd. | SME | Hungary | www.mmklaszter.com |
| KIBU Innovation Nonprofit Ltd. | SME | Hungary | www.kitchenbudapest.hu |
| HomeSys Media Ltd. | SME | Hungary | hybridbox.tv |
| Center for Usability Research and Engineering | R&D | Austria | www.cure.at |
| COOSS Marche | End User | Italy | www.cooss.marche.it |
| Create-mediadesign GmbH | SME | Austria | www.create.at |
| Intergrasys SA | SME | Spain | www.integrasys-sa.com |
- Project name: Solution Assisting the Shop Hopping of Elderly – ELDERHOP
- Website: www.elderhop.com
- Coordinator: Mobility and Multimedia Coordination Office Nonprofit Ltd.
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.09.2011
- Total budget: € 1.777.488
- Public contribution: € 1.029.910,12
Objectives
ENTRANCE is a multidisciplinary project with 8 partners from 4 European countries. The consortium consists of 2 research institutions, 2 user organisations and 4 SMEs. ENTRANCE will develop an innovative platform for trip planning, indoor and outdoor navigation and Internet service use. The platform will comprise a home terminal with a serious game and a multi-sensory mobile interface for navigation and way finding. The home and mobile technology will be usable and accessible. It will also help older adults maintain and develop their cognitive abilities. The technology will be tested in France and Austria.
Expected results and impact
The ENTRANCE platform will give more independence to older adults when using e-booking services and when navigating outdoors and indoors. It will not only be useful, usable and accessible, but will also help its users maintain and develop their cognitive abilities. The ENTRANCE platform will be tested with about 90 users aged 50 or more, at two test locations in Austria and France. The tests will be done iteratively, both in laboratory and in the field. The project will have a duration of 3 years, for an effort of 525 PM. The ENTRANCE platform could be brought to the market at the end of 2015.
Partners
Partners involved in the ENTRANCE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commisariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives | R&D | France | www-list.cea.fr |
| Paris Lodron University of Salzburg | R&D | Austria | www.icts.sbg.ac.at |
| Autonom’Lab | End User | France | www.autonom-lab.com |
| 50Plus GmbH | End User | Austria | www.50plusgmbh.com |
| Geomobile GmbH | SME | Germany | www.geomobile.de |
| GFTH Ltd. | SME | Hungary | www.gfthu.com |
| Idées-3com | SME | France | www.idees-3com.com |
| Splitted-Desktop Systems | SME | France | www.splitted-desktop.com |
- Project name: Enabling Elderly People travel and Internet Access – ENTRANCE
- Website: www.entrance.fr
- Coordinator: CEA LIST, France
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.09.2011
- Total budget: € 4.385.128
- Public contribution: € 2.096.042