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 ...
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
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
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