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This book presents the refereed proceedings of the Fourth Italian Forum on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), held in Ancona, Italy, in October 2013. A wide range of issues are covered, and new technological developments are described which will support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special needs through an innovative and integrated approach, designed to respond to the socio-economic challenges of an aging population. Topics addressed include: health and well-being, prevention and rehabilitation, and support for care providers; active aging and its social implications; services for the frail elderly with health problems and their families; nutrition; ICT platforms/technologies for the benefit of the elderly; home automation and control technologies (autonomy, safety, and energy saving); smart cities and smart communities; telemedicine, telerehabilitation, and telecare; mobility, participation, and social inclusion; games and fun for the elderly; building design; social housing; interface design and interaction (accessibility, acceptance); social policies to encourage and support active aging; business models, market analysis, and development of sustainable financing and business; and ethics, privacy, and data protection. Many experimental validations based on user trials and usability testing are presented and discussed. The knowledge and insights provided in this book will help researchers and others involved in AAL to understand relevant societal trends, novel technological developments, and pressing challenges.

Assistive computer technology --- Ambient intelligence --- Self-help devices for older people --- Home automation --- Biomedical engineering --- Dwellings --- Smart homes --- Electronic control --- Household electronics --- Intelligent buildings --- Older people --- AmI (Ambient intelligence) --- Intelligence, Ambient --- Human-computer interaction --- Ubiquitous computing --- 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 --- Automation --- Voice computing --- Biomedical engineering. --- Geriatrics. --- Management. --- Health economics. --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Geriatrics/Gerontology. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- Health Economics. --- Economics, Medical --- Health --- Health economics --- Hygiene --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Gerontology --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Economic aspects --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Industrial management. --- Business administration --- Business enterprises --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Management --- Business --- Industrial organization

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This book documents the state of the art in the field of ambient assisted living (AAL), highlighting the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies to enhance well-being and promote active ageing. The coverage is wide ranging, with sections on assistive devices, elderly people monitoring, home rehabilitation, ICT solutions for AAL, living with chronic conditions, robotic assistance for the elderly, sensing technologies for AAL, and smart housing. The book comprises a selection of the best papers presented at the 7th Italian Forum on Ambient Assisted Living (ForitAAL 2016), which was held in Pisa, Italy, in June 2016 and brought together end users, technology teams, and policy makers to develop a consensus on how to improve provision for elderly and impaired people. Readers will find that the expert contributions offer clear insights into the ways in which the most recent exciti ng advances may be expected to assist in addressing the needs of the elderly and those with chronic conditions.

Engineering. --- Geriatrics. --- Robotics. --- Automation. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- Robotics and Automation. --- Geriatrics/Gerontology. --- Ambient intelligence --- Assistive computer technology --- Self-help devices for older people --- Accessible computing technology --- Adaptive computing --- Adaptive computing technology for people with disabilities --- Assistive computing technology --- Barrier-free computing technology --- AmI (Ambient intelligence) --- Intelligence, Ambient --- Older people --- Computers and people with disabilities --- Self-help devices for people with disabilities --- Human-computer interaction --- Ubiquitous computing --- Voice computing --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Medicine --- Gerontology --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic control --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems --- Robotics --- Automation --- Machine theory

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This book presents the refereed proceedings of the Fourth Italian Forum on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), held in Ancona, Italy, in October 2013. A wide range of issues are covered, and new technological developments are described which will support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special needs through an innovative and integrated approach, designed to respond to the socio-economic challenges of an aging population. Topics addressed include: health and well-being, prevention and rehabilitation, and support for care providers; active aging and its social implications; services for the frail elderly with health problems and their families; nutrition; ICT platforms/technologies for the benefit of the elderly; home automation and control technologies (autonomy, safety, and energy saving); smart cities and smart communities; telemedicine, telerehabilitation, and telecare; mobility, participation, and social inclusion; games and fun for the elderly; building design; social housing; interface design and interaction (accessibility, acceptance); social policies to encourage and support active aging; business models, market analysis, and development of sustainable financing and business; and ethics, privacy, and data protection. Many experimental validations based on user trials and usability testing are presented and discussed. The knowledge and insights provided in this book will help researchers and others involved in AAL to understand relevant societal trends, novel technological developments, and pressing challenges.

Economic production --- Economics --- Human biochemistry --- Geriatrics --- Human medicine --- Applied physical engineering --- innovatiemanagement --- medische biochemie --- Smart City --- biochemie --- economie --- geneeskunde --- geriatrie --- gerontologie --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- ingenieurswetenschappen

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This book documents the state of the art in the field of ambient assisted living (AAL), highlighting the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies to enhance well-being and promote active ageing. The coverage is wide ranging, with sections on assistive devices, elderly people monitoring, home rehabilitation, ICT solutions for AAL, living with chronic conditions, robotic assistance for the elderly, sensing technologies for AAL, and smart housing. The book comprises a selection of the best papers presented at the 7th Italian Forum on Ambient Assisted Living (ForitAAL 2016), which was held in Pisa, Italy, in June 2016 and brought together end users, technology teams, and policy makers to develop a consensus on how to improve provision for elderly and impaired people. Readers will find that the expert contributions offer clear insights into the ways in which the most recent exciti ng advances may be expected to assist in addressing the needs of the elderly and those with chronic conditions.

Human biochemistry --- Geriatrics --- Biotechnology --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- medische biochemie --- bio-engineering --- automatisering --- geriatrie --- biotechnologie --- gerontologie --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- robots

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This book contains a selection of papers presented at the Second National Conference on Sensors held in Rome 19-21 February 2014. The conference highlighted state-of-the-art results from both theoretical and applied research in the field of sensors and related technologies. This book presents material in an interdisciplinary approach, covering many aspects of the disciplines related to sensors, including physics, chemistry, materials science, biology and applications. ·         Provides a selection of the best papers from the Second Italian National Conference on Sensors; ·         Covers a broad range of topics relating to sensors and microsystems, including physics, chemistry, materials science, biology and applications; ·         Offers interdisciplinary coverage, aimed at defining a common ground for sensors beyond the specific differences among the different particular implementation of sensors.

Engineering. --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. --- Electronics. --- Ingénierie --- Electronique --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Telecommunications --- Electrical Engineering --- Applied Physics --- Detectors --- Chemical detectors --- Biosensors --- Electrical engineering --- Physical sciences --- Signal processing. --- Image processing. --- Speech processing systems. --- Microelectronics. --- Microminiature electronic equipment --- Microminiaturization (Electronics) --- Electronics --- Microtechnology --- Semiconductors --- Miniature electronic equipment --- 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)