Projects
PERSONA (PERceptive Space prOmoting iNdipendet Aging)
PERSONA aims at advancing the paradigm of Ambient Intelligence through the harmonisation of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies and concepts for the development of sustainable and affordable solutions for the social inclusion and independent living of Senior Citizen, integrated in a common semantic framework. It will develop a scalable open standard technological platform to build a broad range of AAL Services, to demonstrate and test the concept in real life implementations, assessing their social impact and establishing the initial business strategy for future deployment of the proposed technologies and services. The main challenges of PERSONA are:
- To find solutions and develop AAL Services for social inclusion, for support in daily life activities, for early risk detection, for personal protection from health and environmental risks, for support in mobility and displacements.
- To develop a technological platform that allows the seamless and natural access to those services indicated above.
- To create a psychologically pleasant and easy- to- use integrated solutions.
- To demonstrate that the solutions found are affordable and sustainable for all the actors and stakeholders involved: elderly citizens living, welfare systems, service providers in the AAL market.
Link to the web project site: PERSONA project
Link to video presentation in Malaga: Video Malaga Conference 2010
METABO (Controlling Chronic Diseases related to Metabolic Disorders)
The aim of METABO is to set up a comprehensive platform, running both in clinical settings and in every-day life environments, for continuous and multi-parametric monitoring of the metabolic status in patients with, or at risk of, diabetes and associated metabolic disorders. The type of parameters that will be monitored, in addition to "traditional" clinical and biomedical parameters, will also include subcutaneous glucose concentration, dietary habits, physical activity and energy expenditure, effects of ongoing treatments, and autonomic reactions. The data produced by METABO will be integrated with the clinical data and the history of the patient and will be used in two major interrelated contexts of care:
- Setting up a dynamic model of the metabolic behaviour of the individual to predict the influence and relative impact of specific treatments and of single parameters on glucose level.
- Building personalized care plans integrated in the current clinical processes linking the different actors in primary and secondary care and improving the active role of the Patient.
Link to the web project site: METABO project