AAL (previously known as Ambient Assisted Living) has launched its Smart Ageing Prize – a €50,000 Challenge Prize to find the best innovation in internet connected devices and technologies (Internet of Things) that will empower older adults to achieve the quality of life they aspire to socially and independently. The Prize aims to find innovations […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a global survey to gather views on the most necessary and useful assistive technologies such as hearing aids, wheel chairs and personal alarms. The survey will feed into the first ever WHO mandated list of essential assistive technologies to provide a tool for governments. Governments can use the
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September 2015. This seminar looked at the ethical aspects of successfully implementing new technologies with the elderly and those with mental or physical impairments. With speakers from the private and public sectors the afternoon gave practical examples of why patients need to be kept in the forefront of innovators’ minds if e-technology is to be fully utilised. The programme
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The Momentum project is a three-year initiative co-funded by the European Commission to create a platform where key players in telemedicine can share their knowledge and experience in deploying telemedicine services into routine care. Working together, these key players have defined a Blueprint that offers critical success factors and performance indicators that help decision makers scale
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