CONFIDENCE
CONFIDENCE offers a location-augmented voice channel (care persons are able to assist lost patients with voice instructions in order to bring them back to well-known places), a virtual video channel ...
Read moreObjectives
The aim of CONFIDENCE is to develop a community-based mobility safeguarding assistance service for people suffering from mild to moderate dementia. CONFIDENCE combines “assistive technologies” with “personal help”. The CONFIDENCE service is built around a “virtual companion” providing different levels of assistance, depending on the situational needs of the patient and the degree of orientation loss. The service is supplemented with personal help from family members, staff of home care agencies and/or trusted volunteers.
Expected results and impact
From a technical point of view, the expected outcome of CONFIDENCE is a mobility safeguarding assistance service running on a smartphone. It consists of a location-augmented voice service, a virtual video service, a location tracking service and a mobile community service. The technical solution is supplemented by an innovative, cooperative service model, which involves all relevant stakeholders of home care. CONFIDENCE aims at designing, implementing, testing and validating the technical solution as well as the service model.
Partners
Partners involved in the CONFIDENCE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H. | R&D | Austria | www.salzburgresearch.at |
| iHomeLab, Hochschule Luzern | R&D | Switzerland | www.ihomelab.ch |
| Raiffeisenlandesbank Kaernten -Rechenzentrum und Revisionsverband, reg. Gen.m.b.H. | Large Industry | Austria | www.raiffeisen-rechenzentrum.at |
| ilogs mobile software GmbH | SME | Austria | www.ilogs.at |
| Presence displays bv. | SME | Netherlands | www.yooom.com |
| Ralph Eichenberger Szenografie Cinematografie Fotografie | SME | Switzerland | www.szenografie.com |
| Hilfswerk Salzburg | End User | Austria | www.hilfswerk.at/salzburg |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| Ana Aslan International Foundation/Academy of Ageing | End User | Romania | www.brainaging.ro |
| Swisscom Participations Ltd | Large Industry | Switzerland | www.swisscom.com |
- Project name: Mobility Safeguarding Assistance Service with Community Functionality for People with Dementia – CONFIDENCE
- Website: www.confidence4you.eu
- Coordinator: Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 2.820.158
- Public contribution: € 1.526.321,49
Objectives
Taking into account, that outdoor activities become a more and more important part of the lives of elderly people it stands for a self-determined life to be able to practise outdoor activities irrespective of one’s age and constitution. Outdoor activities contribute largely to the health and well-being of the elderly and improve their quality of life.
The demographic changes in the next years show a significant growth of the elderly population within Europe. A commercial roll out of the developed system can contribute to a better health, enabling elderly people to keep up their mobility.
Expected results and impact
The expected result is a system which is deployed as an app on selected, outdoor-suitable mobile devices. The app includes a hiking guide, high quality route information and basic safety system, which constantly checks the surrounding conditions (weather, daylight) for critical situations. The app is connected to an emergency centre which is notified in critical situations and, based on the location information, can send out rescue teams. Notifications can be triggered manually or using a built-in tracking tool, which works on reaching preliminary defined GPS control points along the tour.
Partners
Partners involved in the DOSSy project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of St. Gallen | R&D | Switzerland | www.iwi.unisg.ch |
| University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen | R&D | Switzerland | www.fhsg.ch |
| Curena AG | SME | Switzerland | www.curena.ch |
| Augmentra Ltd. | SME | United Kingdom | www.viewranger.com |
| Bergverlag Rother GmbH | SME | Germany | www.rother.de |
| German Red Cross Herten | End User | Germany | www.drk-herten.de |
| Schweizer Alpen Club (SAC) | End User | Switzerland | www.sac-cas.ch |
- Project name: Digital Outdoor And Safety System (DOSSy)
- Website: www.dossy-aal.com
- Coordinator: University of St. Gallen, Institute of Information Management
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.08.2012
- Total budget: € 1.568.577,10
- Public contribution: € 733.757,90
Objectives
The proposal aims at enabling integral outdoor and indoor localisation and mobility services for elderly people with age-related sensory (visual, auditory) and cognitive (memory) impairments that help them in their daily routine activities far from home. Special attention will be given to key activities for their autonomous living (e.g. shopping, banking) and with a particular societal benefit (e.g. accompanying grandchildren); procuring active and convenient engagement of all relevant stakeholders (relatives, health-social-security services, establishments).
Expected results and impact
The aim to create an open platform in E-MOSION highlights the need and wish of the consortium to be compatible to or even better reuse other open AAL platforms, such as universAAL. As AIT is partner in universAAL there will be the possibility for a close collaboration and thus the chance to enable a European AAL ecosystem for the creation of market solutions. E-MOSION offers a suite of services delivered in an innovative business model that offers an unprecedented value proposition. Exploitation and utilisation is possible on two fronts – businesses and primary users.
Partners
Partners involved in the E-MOSION project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTEGRASYS | SME | Spain | www.integrasys-sa.com |
| AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | R&D | Austria | www.ait.ac.at |
| Noldus Information Technology BV | SME | Netherlands | www.noldus.com |
| INERTIA Technology | SME | Netherlands | inertia-technology.com |
| MATTERSOFT | SME | Finland | www.mattersoft.fi |
| Unie KBO | End User | Netherlands | www.uniekbo.nl |
- Project name: E-MOSION: Elderly friendly MObility Services for Indoor and Outdoor sceNarios
- Website: www.emosion-project.eu
- Coordinator: Integrasys S.A. (Spain)
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2012
- Total budget: € 2.413.672,80
- Public contribution: € 1.538.170,00
Objectives
EXO-LEGS is aimed at developing lower body mobility exoskeletons for helping people move around to perform normal daily living tasks. The motions include tasks such as standing up, sitting down, straight walking on flat ground, stepping over objects, walking on soft and uneven ground, walking up- and down-stairs, etc. EXO-LEGS will develop theoretical and modular frameworks able to realise prototype devices that can be useful for assisting human mobility. Basic, Standard and Deluxe exoskeleton prototypes (half- and full- models) will be designed, developed and tested in the five target EU countries.
Expected results and impact
The project targets research to AAL scenarios requiring simple, standard and difficult mobility solutions for maximising the impact so that logical commercialisation can follow together with making advances in key scientific areas. Commercial exoskeleton products which are reliable, affordable and compliant to the ISO 13482 safety standard for exoskeletons will be focused upon. Once these solutions are available, other user segments will be able to benefit, namely, handicapped persons, overweight people, etc to increase the impact further. An EXO-LEGS Consortium Agreement has been signed for commercialising in both medical and non-medical sectors.
Partners
Partners involved in the EXO-LEGS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Gävle | R&D | Sweden | www.hig.se |
| Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | R&D | Germany | rob.ipr.kit.edu |
| Universidad Politécnica de Cartegena | R&D | Spain | www.upct.es |
| Chas A Blatchford & Sons Limited | SME | United Kingdom | www.blatchford.co.uk |
| Hocoma AG | SME | Switzerland | www.hocoma.ch |
| GIGATRONIK Technologies GmbH | SME | Germany | www.gigatronik.de |
| MRK Systeme GmbH | SME | Germany | www.MRK-Systeme.de |
| Proyecto Control Montaje, S.L. | SME | Spain | www.pcmsl.com |
| Mobile Robotics Sweden AB | SME | Sweden | www.mobile-robotics.com |
| Gävle kommun and other Gävleborg partners | End User | Sweden | www.gavle.se |
- Project name: Exoskeleton Legs for Elderly Persons (EXO-LEGS)
- Website: www.exo-legs.org
- Coordinator: University of Gävle, Sweden
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.10.2012
- Total budget: €4.559.117
- Public contribution: €2.776.346
Objectives
The main objective of GameUp is to develop a platform for social and exercise games to reduce physical and motivational barriers of elderly people’s mobility.
The main contribution of the GameUp products and services is to sustain mobility of senior citizens, prolonging the time they can live autonomously in their preferred home environment and consequently enhance quality of life.
Examples are games or game-based technology that will help to better the balance and leg strength of the users. Social aspects and good feedback will be used as motivation.
Expected results and impact
Products and services will include social exergames that for instance will help balance and leg strength, and the games will be adaptable for physical limitations that are normal amongst elderly such as deteriorating sight and hearing, problems with grip, etc. The games will also be adapted to the elderly’s needs of taking the time they need. The platform developed will be social so that the users can play together – but maybe not simultaneously. The main impacts of the project are new fun tools for elderly to maintain mobility to stay at home longer, and a new type of useful products for elderly.
Partners
Partners involved in the GameUp project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ibernex | Large Industry | Spain | www.ibernex.es |
| UniversityofSeville | R&D | Spain | www.us.es |
| Klinik Valens | End user | Switzerland | www.klinik-valens.ch |
| Northern Research Institute | R&D | Norway | www.itek.norut.no |
| Cyberlab.org as | SME | Norway | www.cyberlab.org |
| Tromsøysund menighet | End user | Norway | www.ishavskatedralen.no |
| O-Berri | End user | Spain |
- Project name: Game-based mobility training and motivation of senior citizens – GameUp
- Website: www.gameupproject.eu
- Coordinator: IBERNEX Ingeniería S.L.
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2012
- Total budget: € 2.226.345,00
- Public contribution: € 1.041.306,00
Contact
Antonio Remartinez
E.: antonio.remartinez@ibernex.es
T.: +34976794226
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 ...
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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
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