Living well
The project aim is to adapt and develop an existing ICT virtual assistant currently used by independent and autonomous older adults so that it (Anne) can benefit people with cognitive and other ...
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Dementia and Alzheimer’s means high health expenditures, and as a result, the current government policy focuses on helping older and affected people to live at home as long as possible. However, good and affordable support for those affected requires a complementary alternative to the current healthcare system. In this project, a personal virtual assistant (PVA) Anne is being developed to assist people with early and advanced dementia in everyday life by activating reminder (appointments, medication, nutrition), employment (games, music, news, etc.) and service functions (video call, home automation).
Expected results and impact
Anne will fundamentally improve the quality of life for everyone involved: with Anne, those affected stay longer independent and can stay longer at home. For caregivers Anne could become an assistant and a direct link between the professional caregivers, the patients and their informal caregivers and provide information on the state of the patient thus making for more efficient and effective care. A prototype has been tested with the elderly and showed that support with personal calendar management was highly valued. We expect Anne to reach domestic market in the middle of 2020.
Partners
Partners involved in the Living Well project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Assistant BV (Virtask) | SME | The Netherlands | www.anne4care.nl |
| Windesheim University of Applied Sciences | R&D | The Netherlands | www.windesheim.com |
| De Parabool | End User | The Netherlands | www.deparabool.nl |
| National Instute of Health and Science on Aging | End User | Italy | www.inrca.it |
| iHomeLab, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences | R&D | Switzerland | www.hslu.ch |
| Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne AG | SME | Switzerland | www.sipbb.ch |
| Stëftung Hëllef Doheem | End User | Luxembourg | www.shd.lu |
- Project name: Living well with Anne
- Website: http://livingwellwithanne.eu/
- Coordinator: Virtual Assistant BV
- Duration: 36 months
- Starting date: 01.07.2017
- Total budget: 2,5 mi €
- Public contribution: 1,6 mi €
Active@Work
The Active@Work project addresses the development and deployment of a web based solution, centred at helping senior workers in their roles within the organisation, providing services to streamline ...
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The Active@Work project will result in a Virtual Assistant tool able to assist adult workers, in particular those close to retirement age, to continue executing their daily work or to continue active despite their age. It will be a multi-modal solution (e.g., PC, tablets or smartphones), capable of interacting with the end-user in a very natural and personalised way. The solution will incorporate an “intelligent agent” that will assist the user at accomplishing his/her work without compromising health and preventing any other risk derived from fatigue or stress at work.
Expected results and impact
(1) The capability of detecting and monitor a set of bio-parameters through the use of multi-sensor wearable devices (2) A cognitive system capable of interpreting the conditions of the work environment and a catalogue of services to assist them in their daily work (3) State-of-the-art collaborative platform for interactions and share of experiences between older and younger employees .(4) Senior workers will exercise and raise their cognitive skills or recover their skill levels within a training environment. (5) The solution will be tested in two distinct pilots first pilot being deployed under the orientation of a medical clinic the second pilot in a multinational consulting company
Partners
Partners involved in the Active@Work project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATOS | Large Industry | SPAIN | www.atos.net |
| INOV INESC INOVACAO - INSTITUTO DE NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS | R&D | PORTUGAL | www.inov.pt |
| HEART LINK ONLINE N.V. | SME | BELGIUM | www.heart-link-online-halo.be |
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | R&D | GERMANY | www.fraunhofer.de |
| University of St. Gallen | R&D | SWITZERLAND | www.unisg.ch |
| Multisector Norte – Innovation Consulting , Lda. | SME | PORTUGAL | www.multisector.pt |
| BodyTel Europe GmbH | SME | GERMANY | www.bodytel.com |
| Beltz Medical Klinik GmbH | SME | GERMANY | www.diagnostikklinik.com |
- Project name: Active Older Adults@Workplace
- Website: http://www.activeatwork.eu
- Coordinator: ATOS
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2014
- Total budget: € 3.024.127
- Public contribution: € 1.876.727
Contact
Blanca Jordan
Rosana Valle Soriano
T.: +34625599312
Trans Safe
Trans.Safe resorts to environmental monitoring, physiological monitoring and movement monitoring. The physiological data gathering system delivers heterogeneous sensor data both in the time domain ...
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In Trans.Safe, a system will be developed to support senior workers who can and wish to stay actively longer in a job position with a high personal and public safety risks. The focus is especially on physically and psychologically demanding working places in the transportation sector with high physiological stress potential (truck drivers, train drivers, control room personnel etc.). Trans.Safe will support companies in finding ways to keep their experienced personnel motivated, fit and on duty while at the same time guarantee their personal and the public, safety on the background of the demographic change.
Expected results and impact
Trans.Safe will provide a solution to reliably measure work-load, inform the employees and actively provide countermeasures. This system will be specially tailored for senior employees in the transportation sector and in domains with similar safety and risk environments. The solution creates a new kind of product which brings new service opportunities for the business partners of the consortium, employees (e.g. improved perceived health), employers (e.g. better staff management) and society (higher public safety, economies for the social security systems, macro-economic benefits).
Partners
Partners involved in the Trans.Safe project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Engineering & Architecture, CEESAR-iHomeLab | R&D | Switzerland | www.hslu.ch |
| Youse GmbH | SME | Germany | www.youse.de |
| Telecom Italia S.p.A. | Large Industry | Italy | www.telecomitalia.com/tit/en.html |
| VAG Verkehrs-AG Nürnberg | End User | Germany | www.vag.de |
| MAN Truck & Bus AG | Large Industry | Germany | www.mantruckandbus.com |
| Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna | R&D | Italy | sssa.bioroboticsinstitute.it |
| konplan systemhaus ag | SME | Switzerland | www.konplan.com |
| Design LED Products Ltd | SME | United Kingdom | www.designledproducts.com |
- Project name: AmbienT Response to Avoid Negative Stress and enhance SAFEty: Trans.Safe
- Website: www.TransSafe.eu
- Coordinator: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Engineering & Architecture, CEESAR-iHomeLab
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2014
- Total budget: € 3.550.378
- Public contribution: € 1.981.680
Objectives
The main goal of the Clockwork project is to create a healthy and comfortable environment by supporting middle-aged to older adults in the improvement of their circadian rhythms. Particularly, the solution will target shift workers, such as healthcare professionals, who are greatly affected by chronodisruption, which can lead to health issues, long absences or early retirement. The objective will be achieved through the enhancement of external synchronisers that will help users maintain a healthy day and night rhythm by introducing some imperceptible modifications in their environment.
Expected results and impact
- Identification of relevant chronodisruptors and parameters involved in their monitoring.
- Portable Zeitgeber device.
- Processing algorithms, including decision engine for various modes, signal processing and rule engine for situation interpretation.
- Electronic hardware, incorporating signal processing and AI engines.
- Intelligent, auto-regulated lighting device.
Partners
Partners involved in the Clockwork project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS | R&D | Portugal | www.fraunhofer.pt |
| BCB Informática y Control SL | SME | Spain | www.bcb.es |
| Università degli Studi di Ferrara | R&D | Italy | http://www.unife.it |
| KOHS PIMEX | SME | Austria | www.pimex.at |
| Portugal Telecom Comunicações | Large Industry | Portugal | www.telecom.pt |
| Ab.Acus Srl | SME | Italy | www.ab-acus.com |
| Grado Zero Espace | SME | Italy | www.gzespace.com |
| RK Tech, Kft | SME | Hungary | www.rktech.hu |
- Project name: Smart system for the management and control of shift workers’ circadian rhythms
- Website: www.clockworkproject.eu
- Coordinator: Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 02.06.2014
- Total budget: € 1.643.367,97
- Public contribution: € 959.171,00
Objectives
The project brings together 3 universities and 5 companies active and experienced in R&D of assistive devices to specify the full-body personal mobility, reaching, and grasping requirements of elderly persons allowing them to continue managing their daily activities related to voluntary occupation (maintaining gardens or carrying groceries of more needy people) , as well as participating in local social activities while preserving their health and providing motivation to remain active and independent. Basic products comprising upper-, lower- and full-body assistive exoskeletons will be designed, developed, and validated.
Expected results and impact
The AXO-SUIT integrates recent advances in assistive technology to study and design exoskeletons and to meet the challenges in helping elderly workers. The results will include novel exoskeletons consisting of modules to allow integration to realise prototype upper-, lower- and full-body assistive suits. They will comprehensively supplement the strength of elderly persons with effective and affordable exoskeletons and improve directly their quality of life. The exoskeletons could also be extended to more aged persons, weak or disabled adults, or elder employees as their needs are similar.
Partners
Partners involved in the AXO-SUIT project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aalborg University | End User | Denmark | www.aau.dk |
| University of Gävle | End User | Sweden | www.hig.se |
| University of Limerick | R&D | Ireland | www.ul.ie |
| Welldana A/S | End User | Denmark | www.welldana-innocare.com |
| Bioservo Technologies AB | Large Industry | Sweden | www.bioservo.se |
| MTD Precision Engineering Ltd | SME | Ireland | www.tooling.ie |
| COMmeto bvba | SME | Belgium | www.commeto.be |
| Hjälpmedelsteknik Sverige | End user | Sweden | www.hjalpmedelsteknik.se |
- Project name: Assistive exoskeleton suitable for elderly persons / AXO-SUIT
- Website: www.axo-suit.eu
- Coordinator: Aalborg University, Denmark
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.10.2014
- Total budget: € 2.788.762
- Public contribution: € 1.641.470
Objectives
The AHEAD project aims at increasing the quality of life of elderly by assisting them for keeping an active and independent life. Physical and cognitive condition all decrease as a person is getting older. To improve quality of life of elderly, the project make use of devices that elderly people have already adopted: eyeglasses and hearing aid. The integration and combination of advanced and innovative sensing as well as ICT based modules will result in supporting system for improving daily life and health condition.
Expected results and impact
Hearing impairment constitutes an additional handicap to the natural process of aging that has a very negative impact in the quality of life, having a great impact in the human communication process, leading to isolation and sometimes to depression. Expected provided services will help elderly end users to life more independently, helping them in gaining confidence and supporting healthy life, and most important facilitating communication with other humans. Social, health and economic impact is ensured once the project achieve technological and user acceptance challenges.
Partners
Partners involved in the AHEAD project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atos | Large Industry | Spain | www.atosresearch.eu |
| Tecnalia | R&D | Spain | www.tecnalia.com |
| Innovationsmanufaktur | SME | Germany | www.holistic-innovation.org |
| Center for Usability Research and Engineering | R&D | Austria | www.cure.at |
| Johanniter | End User | Austria | www.johanniter.at |
| Cosinuss | SME | Germany | www.cosinuss.com |
| AuditData | SME | Denmark | www.auditdata.com |
| Bruckhoff | R&D | Germany | www.bruckhoff.com/en/start |
| Forschungszentrum Informatik an der Universität Karlsruhe | SME | Germany | www.fzi.de/en |
- Project name: Augmented Hearing Experience and Assistance for Daily life
- Website: www.ahead-project.eu
- Coordinator: Augmented Hearing Experience and Assistance for Daily life
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2013
- Total budget: € 3.843.436
- Public contribution: € 2.096.609
HELICOPTER
Bad life habits play a major role in developing and progression of age-related diseases: nutrition, medical therapies and physical exercise are among the keys for prevention and control. Regular ...
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The HELICOPTER proposal aims at exploiting ambient-assisted living techniques to provide older adults and their informal caregivers with support, motivation and guidance in pursuing a healthy and safe lifestyle. The proposal is targeted at 65+ adults, not suffering from major chronic diseases or severe disabilities, yet possibly being affected by (or being at risk of) metabolic or circulatory malfunctioning (e.g., hypertension, mild diabetes) or by mild cognitive deficits. Behavioural analysis is exploited to make health monitoring more effective and less invasive.
Expected results and impact
A heterogeneous sensor network will be designed and implemented, including environmental, wearable and clinical sensors. A global monitoring framework will be developed, in which all data converge toward a common database feeding a data analysis engine, capable of inferring from logged data current activity and behavioural information.
The inference model will involve medical knowledge as well as suitable “big data” analysis techniques. The HELICOPTER environment will be deployed and tested at several pilot sites, located in Sweden and in The Netherlands, for a 18 months period.
Partners
Partners involved in the HELICOPTER project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Me.Te.Da. S.r.l. | SME | Italy | www.meteda.it |
| Università degli Studi di Parma | R&D | Italy | www.unipr.it |
| SC Vision Systems SRL | SME | Romania | www.vision-systems.ro |
| University of Skövde | R&D | Sweden | www.his.se |
| Laboratorio delle Idee S.r.l. | SME | Italy | www.labidee.com |
| Municipality of Skövde | End User | Sweden | www.skovde.se |
| Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design | SME | Denmark | www.ciid.dk |
| Coöperatie Slimmer Leven 2020 | End User | The Netherlands | www.slimmerleven2020.org |
| International Business School, Jönköping University | R&D | Sweden | hj.se/jibs |
- Project name: Healthy Life support through Comprehensive Tracking of individual and Environmental Behaviors
- Website: www.helicopter-aal.eu
- Coordinator: Me.Te.Da. S.r.l.
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2013
- Total budget: € 2.880.010,00
- Public contribution: € 1.655.905,00
Contact
Sandro Girolami, MeTeDa Srl
T.: +39 347 3572118
Paolo Ciampolini, University of Parma
T.: +39 0521 905828, +39 334 6669195,
GUIDING LIGHT
Light is used to meet visual needs of human (e.g. highlighting risks of falling), is applied for temporal orientation throughout the day (e.g. emphasising day-night rhythm), for spatial navigation ...
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Within this project we will develop and implement an intelligent light wayguidance system, which should attenuate age-related mobility impairments caused by reduced spatio-temporal orientation, worry about getting lost, and fear of falling. This guiding light will consist of up to date lighting technologies, innovative intelligent control algorithms, smart mobility monitoring systems, and a distributed information system for mobility parameters. Together with end-users and all stakeholders we will examine how these components can be combined with inter-personal care services.
Expected results and impact
Outcome of the project is an intelligent light wayguidance system consisting a variable set of flexible modules that work together with other heterogeneous home automation systems, information and communication systems as seamlessly as possible. The application of this guiding light system will support the spatial-temporal orientation of older people and thus sustain their mobility as long as possible.
Partners
Partners involved in the Guiding Light project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fachhochschule Vorarlberg | R&D | Austria | www.fhv.at |
| Tridonic GmbH & Co KG | SME | Austria | www.tridonic.com |
| Bartenbach Lichtlabor GmbH | SME | Austria | www.bartenbach.com |
| myVitali AG | SME | Switzerland | www.myvitali.com |
| apollis - Institut für Sozialforschung und Demoskopie O.H.G | SME | Italy | www.apollis.it |
| YOUSE GmbH | SME | Germany | www.youse.de |
- Project name: Ambient Light Guiding System for the Mobility Support of Elderly People, Guiding Light
- Website: www.guiding-light.labs.fhv.at
- Coordinator: University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg, Austria
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2012
- Total budget: 2.850.159 €
- Public contribution: 1.565.000 €
Contact
Prof. Dr. Guido Kempter
E.: guido.kempter@fhv.at
T.: +43 5572 792 7300
Objectives
MOBECS aims to enable and preserve the independence and mobility of older people via the development of small, non-stigmatising, easy-to-use, re-configurable and scalable stand-alone wearable emergency call and service systems. Tracking and localisation of a user, navigation, manual and automated alarm generation, voice control etc. are features to be integrated in close cooperation with the three defined end-user groups. The devices will be interoperable with a MOBECS service platform, existing smart-phones and domestic emergency call systems.
Expected results and impact
The MOBECS project results will maintain high quality services in the field of care and supervision of older persons. The complete service and its individual components will be used in the end-user organisations to both support the (in-)formal care givers in their work and to provide assistance/guidance in terms of mobility, security and safety. A transfer of the project results into other user segments is foreseen, while strengthening the project partners in the field of access service and user interfaces, communication infrastructure, end device manufacturing, prototyping and software development.
Partners
Partners involved in the MOBECS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angwandten Forschung e.V. | R&D | Germany | www.idmt.fraunhofer.de |
| ILPER Elektronik GmbH | SME | Germany | www.ilper.net |
| BeeWare GmbH | SME | Germany | www.beeware.de |
| IP Communications GmbH | SME | Austria | www.ahooly.com |
| Johanniter Unfallhilfe e.V. | End User | Germany | www.johanniter.de |
| Sonnweid AG | End User | Switzerland | www.sonnweid.ch |
- Project name: MOBECS – A Non-stigmatizing (MOB)ility and (E)mergency (C)all (S)ystem Ensuring A Safe Outdoor Mobility Chain
- Website: www.mobecs.eu
- Coordinator: Fraunhofer
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2012
- Total budget: € 3.132.431
- Public contribution: € 1.989.650
Contact
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Wallhoff
E.: Frank.Wallhoff@idmt.fraunhofer.de
T.: +49 (0) 441 2172 432
Objectives
The aim of Ageing in Balance (AiB) project is to develop a new solution for preventing the falls of the older adults, which would reduce the costs produced by the falls and increase the quality of life of the older people. The solution will include two aspects: assessing the fall risk and preventing the falls. The fall risk assessment tools will include full-scale professional assessments and also short assessments, which can be used for self-assessments or by care professionals. The prevention tools will consist of physical and cognitive exercises and also environmental guidance.
Expected results and impact
The result of the project will include technologies for fall risk assessment; tools for professional use and self-assessment –tools for older users, and fall prevention software for older users to motivate behaviour change. Preventing the majority of falls would save a lot of money and improve and prolong the good quality of life of ageing adults.
Falls, especially among the elderly, result in high costs for care and rehabilitation for the western type of societies.
Partners
Partners involved in the AiB project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland | R&D | Finland | www.vtt.fi |
| Four Computing | SME | Finland | www.fourcomp.com |
| Alkit Communications | SME | Sweden | www.alkit.se |
| Hospital La Fuenfria | End user | Spain | www.madrid.org |
- Project name: Ageing in Balance
- Website: http://aib.vtt.fi
- Coordinator: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.03.2012
- Total budget: € 1.478.093
- Public contribution: € 826.147
Contact
Milla Immonen
E.: milla.immonen@vtt.fi
T.: +358 20 722 2168