The latest information from the FARSEEING project
FARSEEING showcased at the Smart City Exhibition in Bologna in October 2013. Professor Lorenzo Chiari, from the University of Bologna, will be presenting the project on Wednesday 16th October with a talk entitled, ‘FARSEEING: An ICT architecture to monitor, archive, study and prevent falls in the elderly.’ This will be in the session ‘ICT architectures […]
Dr Helen Hawley-Hague (a FARSEEING partner) and colleagues from the University of Manchester have published work looking at older adults adherence to exercise classes. Although, this study did not consider technologies it still provides an interesting insight into how we can improve adherence to exercise, including the importance of attitudes and group cohesion.
iMagiMat, also known as ‘the magic carpet’, is an intelligent mat made up of plastic optical fibres, it could help us to identify a sudden incident such as a trip or fall. This technology from the University of Manchester was showcased at the Conservative Party conference which was hosted in Manchester this year, for further […]
Professor Lorenzo Chiari gave a 20 minute talk about FARSEEING at the Clustering Event Ambient Intelligence Advanced Technologies in Support of Healthcare and Assisted Living. This is was held in Crete on the 26th and 27th September. The aim of this clustering event was to bring together European projects for demonstrations, presentations of innovative solutions, and to […]
