The action plan – a joint initiative of Vice President Neelie Kroes and Commissioner Tonio Borg – is a roadmap for smart and sustainable healthcare in Europe which: • Addresses barriers that are holding back the full use of digital solutions in healthcare systems • Increases digital awareness and skills among patients, citizens and […]
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Smartphone-based solutions for fall detection and prevention: the FARSEEING approach
The FARSEEING project starts to publish its work in this article by S. Mellone, C. Tacconi, L. Schwickert, J. Klenk, C. Becker and L. Chiari.
FARSEEING partners at the University of Manchester devise ‘magic carpet’ to detect falls
Researchers and engineers (including FARSEEING’s Professor Chris Todd) at the University of Manchester have devised a mesh of optical fibres that can sit beneath a carpet that has the potential to detect or even predict falls.
Proposal for a multiphase fall model based on real-world fall recordings with body-fixed sensors
FARSEEING work from Work Package 6 is published in Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie by:C. Becker, L. Schwickert, S. Mellone, F. Bagalà, L. Chiari, J.L. Helbostad, W. Zijlstra, K. Aminian, A. Bourke, C. Todd, S. Bandinelli, N. Kerse, J. Klenk