Objectives
The SOCIALIZE project will develop a hardware/software platform able to put in close contact the elder users with the community where they live, promote elderly social interaction and proactive involvement in the democratic development of their own community through the use of new technology implemented in the elderly day by day contest. SOCIALIZE technology will be accessible by different channel and in different geographical locations. Furthermore the SOCIALIZE mobile user interface will offer to the users to benefit of a subset of system functions through mobile devise.
Expected results and impact
The key principle of SOCIALIZE is to create a complete technological solution which fulfils effectively the general objectives of simplify the modalities with which elderly people have access to dedicated services provided from different devices (in particular mobile devices), with particular focus on the age group from 55 to 80 with a basic or already consolidated knowledge of Information Technologies and use of electronic devices, already accessing internet services and knowing at least basic computer fundamental because of their working experience or everyday job, living in a technology-served environment.
Partners
Partners involved in the SOCIALIZE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRIS CONSORTIUM SRL | R&D | Italy | www.irisconsortium.eu |
| Italian National Council of Research (ISTI-CNR) | R&D | Italy | www.isti.cnr.it |
| Fondazione Politecnico di Milano | R&D | Italy | www.fondazionepolitecnico.it |
| Consorzio Nazionale IDEE IN RETE | End User | Italy | www.ideeinrete.coop |
| Spring Techno GmbH & Co KG | SME | Germany | www.springtechno.de |
| Asociacion de Investigacion de la Industria Textil | R&D | Spain | www.aitex.es |
| Embedded Technologies Innovation Center s. coop. | SME | Spain | www.embedded-technologies.org |
| SUPSI TTHF - Telecom Telemetry and High Frequency | R&D | Switzerland | www.tthf.supsi.ch |
| Casa Santa Lucia | End User | Switzerland | www.casasantalucia.ch |
- Project name: Service OrIented Assisted Living InfrastucturE SOCIALIZE
- Website: ww.irisconsortium.eu
- Coordinator: IRIS Consortium srl, Italy
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2012
- Total budget: € 3.847.772,40
- Public contribution: € 1.956.381,00
Contact
Massimo Galante
E.: m.galante@irisconsortium.eu
T.: + 39 (0)835 345000
Objectives
The aim of AALuis is to facilitate the connection of different services to different types of user interfaces and thus to enable future users of AAL systems to use more services interacting in their preferred way. We will develop an open middle-ware layer that can be used for different AAL middle-ware platforms to connect different user interfaces to existing AAL Systems. This will also be demonstrated by developing new services and connecting them to newly developed, innovative user interfaces. The project will contribute to a wider usage of AAL Systems.
Expected results and impact
At the end of the project a framework will be provided with a set of user descriptions and suitable user profile settings for the user interaction, new user interfaces with adaptation possibilities based on user profiles, the open source AALuis user interface layer where those and other user interfaces can be connected to and a set of AAL Services. AALuis aims to significantly contribute to the freedom of choice for end-users of services and users interfaces. This will help to support de-stigmatisation of care products and put them on a self-serve continuum from ‘Comfort to Care to Cure’.
Partners
Partners involved in the AALuis project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | R&D | Austria | www.ait.ac.at |
| weTouch e.U. | SME | Austria | www.wetouch.at |
| CURE - Center for Usability Research & Engineering | R&D | Austria | www.cure.at |
| zoobe message entertainment GmbH | SME | Germany | zoobe.com |
| Verklizan BV | SME | Netherlands | www.verklizan.com |
| ProSyst Software GmbH | SME | Germany | www.prosyst.com |
| 50plus GmbH | End User | Austria | www.50plusgmbh.com |
| Hilfswerk Österreich | End User | Austria | www.hilfswerk.at |
| Philips Consumer Lifestyle B.V. | Large Industry | Netherlands | www.philips.com |
- Project name: AALuis, Ambient Assisted Living user interfaces
- Website: www.aaluis.eu
- Coordinator: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2011
- Total budget: € 3.238.624
- Public contribution: € 2.149.027
Contact
Christopher Mayer
E.: christopher.mayer@ait.ac.at
T.: T +43(0) 50550-4833
Objectives
Setting up an online platform, based on e-services, of thematic travels for the elderly persons. This platform will allow:
- Elderly people to select the best travel itinerary based on their needs and capabilities ;
- Tour operator to propose relevant thematic travel for elderly people and optimized services.
Then during the travel, the STIMULATE platform (through the mobile device) will offer aid and assistance to elderly people to facilitate and make better their travel.
Expected results and impact
IT solution that will be validated and market tested with the primary user segment (elderly), and to have validated a proposed business model with a detailed exploitation plan by the close of the project term. This exploitation plan will have identified the value chain, developed a preliminary business and marketing plan, and created a network of key potential future business partners (content providers, tour operators, etc.) to launch the STIMULATE service within one year of the project’s completion.
Partners
Partners involved in the STIMULATE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor | R&D | Luxembourg | www.tudor.lu |
| Cybercultus | SME | Luxembourg | www.cybercultus.lu |
| Technische Universitat Wien | R&D | Austria | www.tuwien.ac.at |
| Utrecht School of the Arts | R&D | Netherlands | www.hku.nl |
| Au fil des Cévennes | End User | France | |
| E-Seniors | End User | France | www.eseniors.eu |
| Europäische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osterreich - EURAG | End User | Austria | www.eurag.at |
| Dessine-moi mon répit – DMMR Tourisme | End User | France | www.alloj.fr |
- Project name: Sustainable E² Mobility services for elderly persons – STIMULATE
- Website: www.stimulate-aal.eu
- Coordinator: Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.09.2011
- Total budget: € 1.748.019
- Public contribution: € 1.290.000
Contact
Dr. Djamel KHADRAOUI
E.: djamel.khadraoui@tudor.lu
T.: +352 661 42 59 14
Objectives
The goal is to develop an attractive, intelligent, demand oriented and age-independent personal protection and caring system (2PCS device and infrastructure) without stigmatisation, restriction of freedom and permanent monitoring. The aim of the project is to improve the mobility, the information accessibility and the subjective as well as objective safety of elderly people. Another goal of the 2PCS system is to reduce the emotional and psychological burden for care persons as well as for family members and to improve mobility, safety and freedom along all relevant life-phases.
Expected results and impact
By empowering primary end-users 2PCS helps to overcome subjective insecurity, individual fears, disorientation, lack of relevant local based information and lack of communication abilities. 2PCS is adaptable to each person´s individual life-phase and provides three basic solutions:
- A business edition (for stationary care / assisted living / rehab.);
- A home edition (for ambulatory care / home care);
- A private edition (for leisure, travel and sports). The consortium has developed KPIs for the addressed solutions to focus on and monitor the qualitative, quantitative and economic criteria set.
Partners
Partners involved in the 2PCS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tertianum Stiftung | R&D | Switzerland | www.stiftung.tertianum.ch |
| European Academy of Bozen/ Bolzano | R&D | Italy | www.eurac.edu |
| Curena AG | SME | Switzerland | www.curena.ch |
| Humanocare GmbH | SME | Austria | www.humanocare.at |
| Mieloo & Alexander B.V. | SME | Netherlands | www.mielooandalexander.com |
| Odenwälder Kunststoffwerke Gehäusesysteme GmbH | SME | Germany | www.okw.com |
| RF-Embedded GmbH | SME | Germany | www.rf-embedded.eu |
| Privatklinik Villa Melitta – Casa Di Cura | SME | Italy | www.villamelitta.it |
- Project name: Personal Protection and Caring System – 2PCS
- Website: www.2pcs.eu
- Coordinator: University of Innsbruck Department for Strategic Management, Marketing and Tourism, Austria
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.07.2011
- Total budget: € 1.741.213
- Public contribution: € 1.114.679
Contact
Ao. Univ. Prof. Dr. Kurt Promberger
E.: kurt.promberger@uibk.ac.at
T.: +43-512-507-7600
Mag. Dr. Felix Piazolo
Objectives
The WayFiS project aims at improving the capability of seniors to plan, manage and execute travel and transportation projects at their own discretion by solving the problems elderly people cope with when trying to move in unknown outdoor environments, thus enabling them to take part in the self-serve society. The problems that are approached are mainly related to the access to information, sight problems, walking/motor abilities, cognitive abilities, associated health limitations, scarce availability of proper information (regarding transport adaptations, stations/stops accessibility) etc…
Expected results and impact
The product developed with WayFiS project will be constituted by a mobile interactive end-user application, delivered as a service, for elderly people that has been thought to be used with minimum intrusiveness for them and maximum benefit. First estimations of time to market (that may be modified after receiving users’ feedback) let us plan a needed period of 15 months after the finalisation of the project for the development of the first ready to market service. This final phase will consist in the development of the final product, final test users’ validation, marketing strategies, publication of the service in applications stores, advertising agreements.
Partners
Partners involved in the WayFiS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| HI-Iberia Ingenieria y Proyectos SL | SME | Spain | www.hi-iberia.es |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.qol.unige.ch |
| ArxIT SA | SME | Switzerland | www.arxit.com |
| CETIEX | End User | Spain | www.cetiex.es |
| Bay Zoltán Foundation For Applied Research, Institute for Applied Telecommunication Technologies | R&D | Hungary | www.bzlogi.hu |
| Teréz Anya Szociális Integrált Intézmény, Hévíz (HRS ) | End User | Hungary |
- Project name: WayFiS, Way Finding Seniors
- Website: www.wayfis.eu
- Coordinator: HI-IBERIA Ingeniería y Proyectos SL, Madrid, Spain
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.03.2011
- Total budget: € 1.497.410
- Public contribution: € 962.526
Objectives
To demonstrate that by using of ICT people with dementia can:
- be visually stimulated to walk and eat better than before
- plan, perform and control daily activities
- monitored in their movement patterns
In order to:
- preserve and improve their cognitive functions as long as possible
- stay in control of their life with help of informal and formal care when needed.
Expected results and impact
- sustaining or improving cognitive functions in dementia patients by stimulating mirror neurons
- improved personal control over daily routines (supporting independence)
- increase in unrest behaviour and use of medication
- less demand on formal and informal care
- assessing the development of dementia by monitoring movement patterns with sensor technology
Partners
Partners involved in the ALFA project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woonzorg Unie Veluwe | End User | Netherlands | www.wzuveluwe.nl |
| VU University Amsterdam in partnership with TU University of Delft | R&D | Netherlands | www.psy.vu.nl |
| Alzheimer Nederland | End User | Netherlands | www.alzheimer-nederland.nl |
| T3LAB | R&D | Italy | www.t3lab.it |
| NoemaLife | SME | Italy | www.noemalife.com |
| EXEL | SME | Italy | www.exelmicroel.com |
| Iniciativas Comunitarias de Desarrollo Estepa Sierra Sur | SME | Spain | |
| Mondragon University | R&D | Spain | www.mondragon.edu |
- Project name: Active Living For Alzheimer-patients -ALFA
- Website: www.aal-alfa.eu
- Coordinator: HabiPro commissioned by Woonzorg Unie Veluwe
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 01.01.2012
- Total budget: € 2.162.987,24
- Public contribution: € 1.321.540,24
Objectives
The aim of AmCo is to develop a new, innovative and integrated standard‑AAL-platform to enhance the quality of life and help all and especially elder people coping with every-day life, like bed‑linen‑changing‑, cleaning‑ or party‑services. Therefore smart living services are offered, adjusted to the needs of the individual. Communication should be endowed, advocated and inspirited, i.e. by easily video-conferencing and digital black boards. Furthermore the individual safety is increased, i.e. by automatic cooker-deactivation or in-house emergency calls. So the individual potentials can be brought into action.
Expected results and impact
Developing a new standard AAL-platform is the main purpose of the AmCo Project, therefore the AmCo Platform is the most remarkable result of the project. Another result will be the academic evaluation of the pattern-of-use categorised by demographic respectively geographic parameters, which can be consulted in future AAL projects. Furthermore the evaluation can be used to design service portfolios for new applications. Moreover the utilisation of the AmCo-platform will help elderly people living in their own homely ambience as long as possible with as little inpatient health care as possible.
Parners
Partners involved in the AmCo project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deutsches Rotes Kreuz | End User | Germany | www.drk-bitburg-pruem.de |
| FACO Immobilien GmbH | End User | Germany | www.faco.de |
| Fraunhofer-Institut für Software und Systemtechnik ISST | R&D | Germany | www.isst.fraunhofer.de |
| BEKO Engineering & Informatik AG Competence Center Smart Home Solutions | Large Industry | Austria | www.smarthome.ag |
| Wincasa AG Immobilien-Dienstleistungen | Large Industry | Switzerland | www.wincasa.ch |
| Competence Center Independent Living University of St. Gallen | R&D | Switzerland | il.iwi.unisg.ch |
- Project name: Ambient Concierge, AmCo
- Website: www.ambient-concierge.eu
- Coordinator: German Red Cross
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.11.2011
- Total budget: € 2.620.726,85
- Public contribution: € 1.427.109,00
Objectives
Care@Home is about enabling empowerment, wellness and social care services to the home of the elderly through interactive multimedia SmartTV. The idea is to enclose the social support system for the elderly and carry this as a personalised communication and service channel in their home. Whereby the technology provide a two-way communication for family, friends and care givers as well as entertainment and services for household, shopping and community information.
Expected results and impact
The progress beyond to the state-of-the-art of Care@Home project is that relevant technology regarding sensors, wireless networks, communication and multimedia is to be integrated in community driven products and services for the elderly, which are highly personalised and easy-to-use. Because of the easy accessible ‘design platform’ of Philips SmartTV, development new applications and services are in reach of many organisations and companies.
Partners
Partners involved in the Care@Home project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delft University of Technology | R&D | Netherlands | www.tudelft.nl |
| Philips Consumer Lifestyle | Large Industry | Netherlands | www.philips.com |
| Singular Logic Romania / INTRAROM | Large Industry | Romania | www.singularlogic.eu |
| Healthcare over Internet Protocol Community Interest Company | SME | United Kingdom | www.hoip.eu |
| The Building Research Establishment | R&D | United Kingdom | www.bre.co.uk |
| Mextal BV | SME | Netherlands | www.mextal.com |
| National Elderly Foundation | End User | Netherlands | www.ouderenfonds.nl |
| Living Lab Foundation | End User | Netherlands | www.livinglab.nl |
| Actimage | SME | Luxembourg | www.actimage.com |
| Bournemouth Borough Council | End User | United Kingdom | www.bournemouth.gov.uk |
- Project name: CARE services advancing the social interaction, health wellness and well-being of elderly people AT HOME Care@Home
- Website: www.careathome-project.eu
- Coordinator: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 21.11.2011
- Total budget: € 3.907.881,34
- Public contribution: € 2.033.585,95
FAMCONNECTOR
FamConnector offers groundbreaking innovation in the area of inter-generational connectivity through its main components. They include: A library of inter-generational activities – including ...
Read moreObjectives
FamConnector will be Europe’s leading generic product in the field of meaningful, online inter-generational interactions between grandparents and grandchildren, aged 3-9) and other geographically-distant family members.
Through the unique integration of technology with content and activities to be developed on the basis of end-user feedback, FamConnector is designed to establish and nurture grandparent’s connection to their grandchildren, enriching their lives, fostering meaningful relationships through content-rich experiences.
Expected results and impact
FamConnector is designed to be marketed and sustained as a subscription based product. By focusing solely on inter-generational interactions, FamConnector will be able to provide the richest experience, offering a specifically-tailored, user-friendly platform with the most relevant content so that each interaction creates a real, lasting impact in the lives of the elderly population we serve. As a white label solution, FamConnector will empower other service providers for elderly people, enabling them to offer an added value solution and a new stream of revenue.
Partners
Partners involved in the FamConnector project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| FamCorner, Ltd. | SME | Israel | www.mygrandchild.com |
| University of Salzburg | R&D | Austria | www.icts.uni-salzburg.at |
| Kotosalla Foundation | End User | Finland | www.kotosalla.fi |
| Hilfswerk Österreich | End User | Austria | www.hilfswerk.at |
| University of St.Gallen | R&D | Switzerland | www.unisg.ch |
| terzstiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
- Project Name: FamConnector: Activity Based Intergenerational Interactions
- Website: www.mygrandchild.com
- Coordinator: FamCorner ltd
- Duration: 30 months
- Starting Date: 01.04.2010
- Total Budget: € 1,527,639
- Public Contribution: € 996,541
Objectives
FoSIBLE aims at the well-being and self-esteem of older people by supporting an active life-style to prevent loneliness. FoSIBLE aims at providing bridging spaces to foster social interactions and experiences by acknowledging the diversity of preferences, needs and interests. Fosible will develop a Social TV community platform with game technologies and smart furniture and will provide adapted input devices including gesture recognition fostering social support between peers through virtual communities and entertainment applications.
Expected results and impact
FoSIBLE is targeted around providing a TV-based Social Media Centre with services for :
- Staying in touch with relatives and friends, as well as contacting peer groups
- Participating in games and physical activity
- Sharing interests (cooking, poetry, etc.)
The project intends to provide new ways to control social technology applications, e.g. via tablet control, gestures, or smart furniture. An open platform will allow for additional integration and dissemination to end-users.
Partners
Partners involved in the FoSIBLE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Duisburg-Essen | R&D | Germany | www.uni-siegen.de |
| University of Siegen | R&D | Germany | www.uni-siegen.de |
| Fraunhofer Institute IMS | R&D | Germany | www.ims.fhg.de |
| University of Technology of Troyes | R&D | France | www.utt.fr |
| CURE – Center of Usability Research and Engineering | R&D | Austria | www.cure.at |
| AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | R&D | Austria | www.ait.ac.at |
| Mauser Einrichtungssysteme GmbH & Co. KG | Large Industry | Germany | www.mauser-moebel.de |
| Kaasa Solution GmbH | SME | Germany | www.kaasa.com |
| Malakoff-Médéric Centre Les Arcades | End User | France | www.reseau.malakoffmederic.com |
- Project name: Fostering Social Interactions for a Better Life of the Elderly
- Website:
- Coordinator: University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2010
- Total budget: 2.879.451 €
- Public contribution: 1.871.030 €
Contact
Prof. Dr.-Ing Jürgen Ziegler & Steffen Budweg
T.: +49 203 379 – 2270