Advances and trends for the development of ambient-assisted living platforms

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and Ambient Intelligence (AmI) try to achieve a future where technology surrounds the users and helps them in their daily lives. In this sense, the urgent need of solutions to cover the rapid increase of the elderly population with chronic diseases led to the increase o...

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Main Author: Costa, Angelo (author)
Other Authors: Julian, Vicente (author), Novais, Paulo (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/50726
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/50726
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Summary:Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and Ambient Intelligence (AmI) try to achieve a future where technology surrounds the users and helps them in their daily lives. In this sense, the urgent need of solutions to cover the rapid increase of the elderly population with chronic diseases led to the increase of projects related with AAL and AmI. During the latest years, several projects have been proposed to tackle different medical problems, some building devices and others services. This paper presents iGenda and its evolution, the UserAccess, with the main objective of developing an AAL platform. It features an analysis of the latest developments and points future directions for the work. These projects display the importance of the interoperability of the platforms, demonstrating a case study for AAL development.