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 publishes work on adherence to exercise
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.
Magic Carpet features at Conservative Party conference 2013
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 […]
Intra-Rater Reproducibility and Validity of Nintendo Wii Balance Testing in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
Jørgensen MG, Laessoe U, Hendriksen C, Nielsen O BF, Aagaard P. Intra-Rater Reproducibility and Validity of Nintendo Wii Balance Testing in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. J Aging Phys Act. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract The aims of the current study were to (1) examine the intra-rater inter-session reproducibility of the Nintendo Wii Agility […]
