UbiCuts: Wearable communication and surveillance aids for older adults and the disabled...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.
Purpose Population ageing is widespread across the whole globe. However, current devices that facilitate social communication are not easily accessible to older adults1. Our on-going project aims to provide wearable communication and surveillance aids for older adults and the disabled, allowing them...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 196 - 197 |
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