Archive for the ‘Ambient assisted living and homecare products’ Category
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is what everyone seems to be talking about these days. And considering the demographic changes in Europe, everyone should be aware of AAL technologies. With an ageing population, it becomes ever more important to develop technologies that improve the quality of life of the elderly. One ...
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Last week, delegates from the world's leading micro- and nanotechnology regions convened at the 16th World Micromachine Summit in Dortmund, Germany. The last day of the summit focussed on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and started with a presentation by Hartmut Strese of the VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH (Berlin, Germany) ...
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
"Mobility Through Mechatronics” is the title of a competition just announced by Mechatronic Karlsruhe in Germany that is designed to showcase product ideas and demonstrate the benefits of mechatronics for human mobility such as in the field of rehabilitation. The Mechatronic Karlsruhe Award competition, under the direction of Professor Michael ...
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
MedilinkWM is reinforcing its position and activities in the assisted living sector. The new name for its division dedicated to this sector is Alvolution (previously i-Health). The name has been created to reflect the organisation's role and position in stimulating the next stage in the evolution of technological advances for ...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Who's got your back? In a few years, it might be your house. Researchers from Intel and GE Healthcare are developing a so-called Health House fitted with sensor arrays to track the occupants' habits, check vital signs and predict whether they are at risk of a fall. If a sensor ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
In a little more than 20 years, one-third of Europe's population will be older than 65. There will be more than 22 million senior citizens, and none of them will want to go to the hospital or take up residency in an assisted living facility. That represents a huge opportunity ...
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