Ambient Assisted Living: Italian Forum 2014

Book Overview

An AAL adaptive user interface to support frail people in manufacturing.- Electromagnetic technologies as travel aids for visually impaired subjects.- A system to promote walking for the elderly and empower tourism: the Sweet Mobility project.- IR-UWB for Ambient Assisted Living Applications.- Comparison of RGB-D Mapping Solutions for Application to Food Intake Monitoring.- Combining EEG and EMG signals in a wireless system for preventing fall in neurodegenerative diseases.- Investments and Sustainability of Public Expenditure in the Health Sector.- Low cost RGB-D vision based system to support motor disabilities rehabilitation at home.- Sensor-based AAL services for active and healthy ageing.- Pedestrian Simulation: Considering Elderlies in the Models and in the Simulation Results.- Algorithms for ADL identification.- Giving voice to images: audio description and visual impairment. Technological solutions and methodological choices.- Metabolink: m-Health solution enabling patient-centered care and empowerment for well-being and active ageing.- Alzheimer Patient's Home Rehabilitation through ICT advanced technologies: the ALTRUISM project.- Neurophysiological and behavioural variables in cognitive impairment: towards a personalised monitoring system.- Design of Cloud Robotic Services for Senior Citizens to Improve Independent Living and Personal Health Management.- A Smart Walking Assistant for Safe Navigation in Complex Indoor Environments.- Robot Interface Design: The Giraff Telepresence Robot for Social Interaction.- Predicting freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease with a smartphone comparison between two algorithms.- A wireless sensor insole to collect and analyse gait data in real environment: the WIISEL project.- Wearable sensors for human movement monitoring in biomedical applications: case studies.- A Near Field Communication-based Platform for Mobile Ambient Assisted Living Applications.- Domestic monitoring of respiration and movement by an electromagnetic sensor.- Advanced solutions to support daily life of people affected by the Down syndrome.- Design Adaptable and Adaptive User Interfaces: a Method to Manage the Information.- Smart house and start object for AAL: design concept.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319183737
• ISBN13: 9783319183732
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 509 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"