Research and Development Projects
Senior.Next.Level.Mobile
Positively stimulating interpersonal experiences promote mental health. Telecommunication services such as tablets, smartphones and video consultation can intensify social contacts. However, those affected again experience exclusion and isolation if...
IntegraMouse AIR
A high degree of paraplegia also leads to paralysis of important respiratory muscles. Coughing and secretion defense deteriorate, which then often leads to complications such as pneumonia. As a result, respiratory problems remain the leading cause...
IMPAKT RESEARCH COMPUTER AIDED COMMUNICATION
Human beings are social creatures and interpersonal communication is an elementary, highly individual basic need. Using the tools and methods of Computer Aided Communication, people with congenital or acquired impairments of spoken language can...
RAI Dementia
Evidence from research on people with dementia suggests that the use of modern technologies can re-activate existing cognitive abilities, strengthen independence and promote social inclusion again. Robot-assisted interaction can provide...
MEDUSA
The human brain is our most complex organ, whose disease-related damage has serious consequences for patients. The surgical treatment of neurological diseases, such as cerebral hemorrhages, is extremely difficult because target areas are often...
VR4 Mind & Motion / Project completed
The future care and support of people with dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing society. Currently, about 100,000 to 130,000 people with dementia live in Austria. According to the Austrian Dementia Report 2014, the number of people...
MEK / Project completed / Project completed
Society is currently undergoing a major demographic change. The proportion of people over 80 is increasing significantly and, according to studies, the majority of Austrians want to spend the rest of their lives within their own four walls, whereby...
SALSA / Project completed
Physical activity is known to improve many of the factors associated with ageing and helps older adults to maintain their well-being, functional ability and independence. However, maintaining an active lifestyle or recovering from injury/illness is...
WheelSim VR / Project completed
www.wheelsim.info For people who are dependent on an e-wheelchair for their mobility, either from birth or due to an acquired disability, competent handling of the e-wheelchair is crucial for safety...
Sharing Stories, Sharing Life / Project completed
Loneliness is a serious problem for older people in Europe. In the Netherlands there are over 4.1 million people aged 55 and over. More than 25% of them feel lonely. Of these, 200,000 feel extremely lonely: they only have social contact once a month...
MI-Tale / Project completed
The fact that dementia is one of the greatest challenges of the future is evident in the face of the World Alzheimer's Report. The personal history of the patients plays an important role in the care of people with dementia, since it is a valuable...
FitDaheim – Research that makes you move / Project completed
Everyone wants a high degree of quality of life - also and particularly in old age. From the age of 65 onwards restrictions in the movement apparatus are noticeable; from the age of 70, every second person complains about mobility restrictions....> FitDaheim – Research that makes you move / Project completedread on
Feasibility study for mouth operated control devices / Project completed
The United Nations estimate that there are a total of 650 million people with disabilities worldwide. The 2.6 million people in Europe alone suffer from impairments of their upper ex-tremities and about half of them, 1.3 million people use assistive...> Feasibility study for mouth operated control devices / Project completedread on
Fit4Speech / Project completed
Mastering the language is a fundamental prerequisite for social development, school learning, a successful career and life. According to the results of the Idsteiners speech screening for children between the ages of 3 and 6 years and school...
W.I.F.I. Welding Interaction in Future Industry / Project completed
© Fronius International GmbH 2014 Welding requires high precision and usually the use of both hands for guidance of the welding torch. Thus, the adjustment of various parameters, such as welding current or filler material, is not possible or is...> W.I.F.I. Welding Interaction in Future Industry / Project completed read on
SOCIALCARE / Project completed
The aim of the SOCIALCARE project is to provide a set of guidelines, best practices and technological tools for a sustainable social care network by empowered citizens in local communities that supports older people. The project should help in order...
V(i).T.A.L / Project completed
Eye control systems are used in certain cases in the counselling of people with disabilities. In recent years, these systems have improved to the point where they are suitable for everyday use in often the most difficult conditions.
MOSES / Project completed
The aim of MOSES is to setup a concept for running a test-region in the field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) - assistive technologies, mHealth and eHealth - in a cost-effective and sustainable way for NPOs as a social business. By this it will be...
IAAA / Project completed
Personalisation is now a component of a large number of computer-based systems. It is also to be expected that its importance will increase significantly in view of the European but also national and country-wide 2020 strategy with regard to...
Prosperity4All / Project completed
This project has set itself the goal to build an infrastructure that allows companies, organisations and people to develop products and solutions for people with special needs in a simple and cost-saving way. Motivation Worldwide, more...
VRC - Voice Remote Control / Project completed
The goal of this project was to enable the control of TVs with mobile phones via voice. Motivation People with special needs, especially physically impaired persons, often face big problems to control their environment. A standard...
Touchless input systems for people with disabilities / Project completed
This project is a study project that investigates new, touchless input methods for people with disabilities. The aim is to control the computer for people with disabilities using touchless input systems.Motivation LIFEtool has...
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Singuage / Project completed
A free e-learning application by Richard Pfeiffer that allows hearing-impaired children (kindergarten age) to learn a basic vocabulary in sign language.As part of my Master's thesis, I designed and implemented an e-learning platform with...
LIFEtool Educational / Project completed
From the very beginning until today LIFEtool has been developing a variety of educational software for people with special needs. Within an interdisciplinary team of engineers, pedagogues, and...
fun.tast.tisch. / Project completed
The aim of the project is to develop an innovative software system with detection of vulnerable objects for use by Microsoft Pixelsense in the field of therapy. This should correspond to the therapeutic needs and provide the integration of existing...
LiveEOG / Project completed
The development of a special input device, which detects and evaluates the eye movements (electrooculogram, EOG) and head movements...
MOBILE.OLD / Project completed
A total of 10 apps are being developed as part of the project. They are all easy to use and can be used on smartphones, tablets and TVs. These apps are intended to help people prepare for a journey, support them in their everyday life and promote...
PC control via Microsoft Kinect / Project completed
The aim of the project is to analyse the control of the computer for children with disabilities using Microsoft Kinect. It is to be investigated how Microsoft Kinect can be used in a favourable way, i.e. for which forms of disability Microsoft...> PC control via Microsoft Kinect / Project completedread on
Tablet-PC and apps / Project completed
The aim of the project is to make the world of tablet PCs and apps accessible to children with disabilities in the future and also to develop and make available appropriate learning and training apps for people with disabilities.
SENNET / Project completed
In the context of the network project SENNET a network of ministries of education and national stakeholders will be established. This focuses on how technologies can be used to integrate pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream...
Assistive Technology Laboratory (ATLab) / Project completed
The aim of the project ATLab is to develop a flexible and simple system for the development of applications (Apps) for people with special needs on tablet computers. There are only in the German-speaking area more than 10 million people living with...> Assistive Technology Laboratory (ATLab) / Project completedread on
HOMEdotOLD / Project completed
The aim is to develop a TV-based platform that offers cost-effective, highly personalized and intuitive services. The social interaction of elderly within their own homes should be further stimulated by improving the quality of life and joy....
AsTeRICS / Project completed
In the AsTeRICS project a flexible and cost-effective modular system for Assistive Technologies has been developed with the aim to combine a variety of sensors and control elements. With the help of AsTeRICS it should be easier for people with...
LifeACE / Project completed
The aim of this project is to develop an intelligent wireless computer mouse that can only be operated by mouth and has all the clinical and hygienic requirements for use in clinics and rehabilitation facilities. The wireless PC connection can also...
WheelSim – Otto Bock / Project completed
"WheelSim" simulates the behaviour of an electric wheelchair on the computer - with the aim of learning and training how to control it. With the development of this programme, it is possible for affected children and young people, but also...
Myofeedback / Project completed
For the company Medical Electronics (Med-El) in Innsbruck, the programme "Multimedia Training Software for Myofeedback" was successfully developed and completed as an external commissioned project. For the worldwide market launch, Med-El...
