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"This book is aimed at senior undergraduate, graduate students and researchers in biomedical engineering, bioinstrumentation, biosensors, and assistive technology"--

Wearable computers --- Wearable technology --- Self-help devices for people with disabilities

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This book addresses a range of topics in design, such as universal design, design for all, digital inclusion, universal usability, and accessibility of technologies regardless of people’s age, financial situation, education, geographic location, culture and language. It especially focuses on accessibility for people with auditory, cognitive, neurological, and visual impairments, ageing populations, and mobility for those with special physical needs. The book explores some of the overlaps between inclusive design and web accessibility to help managers, designers, developers, policy makers, and researchers optimize their efforts in these areas. Based on the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Design for Inclusion, held on July 17–21, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA, it discusses new design technologies and highlights the disparate needs of the individuals within a community. Thanks to its multidisciplinary approach, the book represents a useful resource for readers with various backgrounds, providing them a timely, practice-oriented guide to design for inclusion.

Human engineering --- Self-help devices for people with disabilities --- Engineering. --- Industrial design. --- Computational intelligence. --- Engineering design. --- Cognitive psychology. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Engineering Design. --- Industrial Design. --- Cognitive Psychology. --- Psychology, Cognitive --- Cognitive science --- Psychology --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Design, Industrial --- Mechanical drawing --- New products --- Design --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Architectural design. --- Consciousness. --- Apperception --- Mind and body --- Perception --- Philosophy --- Spirit --- Self --- Structural design

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This book gathers the revised and selected contributions to the 6th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2022, held on September 20-22, 2022, in Leuven. It describes original and innovative research on how design can contribute to the quality of life of people with dementia, their loved ones, and caregivers. The papers highlight the value of participation within design, analyzing it at three levels: personal, product, and organizational. The presented ideas and findings address ‘The Residue of Design’ and go beyond the initial impact of the design itself by looking at what benefits design research brings for people with dementia. The papers cover topics such as the development of creative design methods to foster participation and engagement from people with dementia, evaluation studies or critical reflections that reveal the impact of products and the built environment in dementia care, and raising awareness and countering stigma in societal views on dementia.

Assistive computer technology. --- Assistive computer technology --- Law and legislation. --- Accessible computing technology --- Adaptive computing --- Adaptive computing technology for people with disabilities --- Assistive computing technology --- Barrier-free computing technology --- Computers and people with disabilities --- Self-help devices for people with disabilities --- Industrial design. --- Geriatric nursing. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Industrial Design. --- Geriatric Care. --- Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation. --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Medicine --- Gerontological nursing --- Nursing --- Design, Industrial --- Mechanical drawing --- New products --- Design

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This book is the first resource to provide in-depth coverage on topical areas of assistive, rehabilitative, and health-related applications for haptic (touch-based) technologies. Application topics are grouped into thematic areas spanning haptic devices for sensory impairments, health and well-being, and physical impairments which are illustrated in this book. A diverse group of experts in the field were invited to contribute different chapters to provide complementary and multidisciplinary perspectives. Unlike other books on haptics, which focus on human haptic perception, specific modalities of haptics (e.g., realistic haptic rendering), or broadly cover the subfields of haptics, this book takes an application-oriented approach to present a tour of how the field of haptics has been advanced with respect to important, impactful thematic focuses. Under Theme 1 “Sensory Impairments”, haptics technologies to support individuals with sensory impairments is presented which includes: Spatial awareness in sensory impairments through touch; Haptically-assisted interfaces for persons with visual impairments; and Enabling learning experiences for visually impaired children by interaction design. Under Theme 2 “Haptics for Health and Well-Being”, haptics technologies aimed at supporting exercise and healthy aging will be covered including: Haptics in rehabilitation, exergames and health; Therapeutic haptics for mental health and well-being; and Applications of haptics in medicine. Under Theme 3 “Haptics for Physical Impairments”, haptics technologies for enhancing the quality of life for individuals with weakened/impaired limbs or neurological diseases impacting movement is targeted including: Assistive soft exoskeletons with pneumatic artificial muscles; Haptics for accessibility in rehabilitative hardware; and intelligent robotics and immersive displays for enhancing haptic interaction in physical rehabilitation environments. Engineers, scientists, and researchers working in the areas of haptics, multimedia, virtual/augmented/mixed-reality, human-computer interaction, assistive technologies, rehabilitative technologies, healthcare technologies, and/or actuator design will want to purchase this book. Advanced level students and hobbyists interested in haptics will also be interested in this book.

Haptic devices. --- Assistive computer technology. --- Accessible computing technology --- Adaptive computing --- Adaptive computing technology for people with disabilities --- Assistive computing technology --- Barrier-free computing technology --- Computers and people with disabilities --- Self-help devices for people with disabilities --- Haptic interfaces --- Haptic technology --- Computer input-output equipment --- Robotics --- User interfaces (Computer systems) --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Multimedia information systems. --- Robotics. --- Control engineering. --- Mechatronics. --- People with disabilities. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Multimedia Information Systems. --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Disability Studies. --- Cripples --- Disabled --- Disabled people --- Disabled persons --- Handicapped --- Handicapped people --- Individuals with disabilities --- People with physical disabilities --- Persons with disabilities --- Physically challenged people --- Physically disabled people --- Physically handicapped --- Persons --- Disabilities --- Sociology of disability --- Mechanical engineering --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Automation --- Programmable controllers --- Machine theory --- Computer-based multimedia information systems --- Multimedia computing --- Multimedia information systems --- Multimedia knowledge systems --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Interfaces, User (Computer systems) --- Human-machine systems --- Human-computer interaction

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This book is focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) services and smart environments that can be of assistance to the elderly and individuals living with dementia or some sensory impairment. The book outlines the requirements of the systems that aim to furnish some digital sensory or cognitive assistance to the individuals and their caregivers. Internet of Things and Smart Environments: Assistive Technologies for Disability, Dementia, and Aging covers the important evolutions of the IoT, the sensors, actuators, wireless communication and pervasive computing systems, and other enabling technologies that power up this megatrend infrastructure. The use of the IoT-based systems in improving the conventional assistive technologies and provisions of ambient assisted living are also covered. The book takes an impartial, and yet holistic, view to providing research insights and inspirations for more development works in the areas related to assistive IoT. It will show the potentials of using normally available interactive devices, like smartphones or smart TVs, which can be supplemented with low-cost gadgets or apps to provide assistive capabilities. It aims to accentuate the need for taking a comprehensive and combinatory view of the comprising topics and approaches that are based on the visions and ideas from all stakeholders. The book will examine these points and considerations to conclude with recommendations for future development works and research directions. This book can be of value to a diverse array of audience. The researchers and developers in healthcare and medicine, aged care and disability services, as well as those working in the IoT-related fields, may find many parts of this book useful and stimulating. It can be of great value to postgraduate and research students working in these areas. It can also be adapted for use in upper-level classroom courses relevant to communication and smart technologies, IoT applications, and assistive technologies. Many parts of the book can be of interest to the elderly and individuals living with a disability, as well as their families and caregivers. From an industry perspective, it can be of interest to software, hardware, and particularly app developers working on the IoT applications, smart homes and environments, and assistive technologies for the elderly and people living with disability or dementia.

Computer science. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computer Science. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). --- Internet of things. --- Home automation. --- Assistive computer technology. --- Accessible computing technology --- Adaptive computing --- Adaptive computing technology for people with disabilities --- Assistive computing technology --- Barrier-free computing technology --- Computers and people with disabilities --- Self-help devices for people with disabilities --- Dwellings --- Smart homes --- Electronic control --- Household electronics --- Intelligent buildings --- IoT (Computer networks) --- Things, Internet of --- Computer networks --- Embedded Internet devices --- Machine-to-machine communications --- Automation --- Artificial Intelligence. --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Signal processing. --- Image processing. --- Speech processing systems. --- Application software. --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software --- Computational linguistics --- Electronic systems --- Information theory --- Modulation theory --- Oral communication --- Speech --- Telecommunication --- Singing voice synthesizers --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Processing, Signal --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication)