Apollon eHomecare and Independent Living Systems Experiment

Facilitating homecare through ICT

and

independent

Living

The Challenge As aging is an emerging issue in Europe, there is a clear need for adjusted, personal assist technologies and services. Within the Apollon project we will evaluate the use of cross-border network Living Labs in the development and market introduction of such applications and technologies. During the experiments SMEs will develop, adjust and introduce their products in to new emerging markets in strong collaboration with local stakeholders.

Living Labs IBBT (Coรถrdinator)

BE

Amsterdam Motor

NL

Innovation

Forum Virium

FI

iAvante

ES

Academic Partners Aalto University

FI

Supporting Partners Palmia

FI

Terveyskeskus

FI

OCMW Kortrijk

BE

SMEs TELEVIC

BE

Innoviting

NL

The partners for this APOLLON Pilot consists of 2 SMEs 3 Living Labs, 2 Research Partners and 2 Supporting Partners. Supporting Partners have privileged access to APOLLON Methods and Emerging Practices and have the opportunity to contributing to the creation of a sustainable, cross-border thematic network.

You too can become a Supporting Partner of APOLLON by downloading your Letter of Support at http://www.apollon-pilot.eu/letterofsupport.doc and sending it to: IBBT vzw as coordinator of the APOLLON project proposal: c/o Pieter Ballon Manager, IBBT-iLab.o Pleinlaan 9, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

The Cross - Bo rder Experiments The Xtramira in Helsinki (Finland) Xtramira™ is an innovative videophone solution compatible with existing personal alarm systems and financial flows from the Belgioan SME Televic. Xtramira™ promotes the resident's ability to live independently and with dignity in a unique way, by means of a comprehensive, direct offer of visual and auditory communication tools. This convenience, in combination with increased safety form the personal alarm system, makes Xtramira™ a revolutionary system for the healthcare sector. Currently the Xtramira™ is used by the public welfare organization of the City of Kortrijk (Belgium) both for residential users as well as in service flats. During this experiment we will export the service to Helsinki where Palmia, a company owned by the Helsinki municipality, will test this solution in their monitoring activities on elderly and demented people. The results of this transfer will be compared with the projectresults of the Flemish Living Lab case. It will allow the SME to assess new market opportunities and new collaboration models. By observing the changes into the Ecosystem that are required to make the solution work, we can learn how the innovation influences its environment and valuable lessons can be learned from the technology transfer.

The ADL in Andalusia (Spain) The Activity in Daily Life (ADL) sensor network is an intelligent domotica application in the domain of (home-)care of the Dutch SME Innoviting. The system remotely detects and recognizes changes in the daily behaviour of people. Based on data from the system it is possible to adjust the different care activities and optimize not only the quality and security for the patient but also the workflow of the caregiver. Currently the system is being developed together with the digital life center and some Dutch universities. In this experiment a beta-version will be transferred to Spain where the Living Lab Salud Andalucia together with several users will install it. The goal is to evaluate and adjust the system based on these new insights as well as to explore the potential market opportunities.

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