Assistive Technologies for the Interaction of the Elderly

This book presents a wealth of insights and new conceptualizations for the development of assistive technologies for the interaction of the elderly. It also explores the business opportunities and the financial evaluation of aspects of assistive technology.

Offers insights and new concepts for the systems design of assistive technologies Presents the outcome of the project Elisa elderly interaction and service assistant Uses the holistic innovation methodology Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Eckehard Fozzy Moritz has studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, and received his Doctorate Degree at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is currently director of Innovationsmanufaktur GmbH, a company masterminding, moderating, and facilitating innovation projects for public sponsors and foundations, for companies like BMW, Bosch and BASF, and for government agencies in Germany, Italy, Spain and Mexico. He holds a honorary professorship from Qufu University, China, and is adjunct professor at the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico. Prof. Moritz has been chairman of the 6th World Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association, and has been teaching and consulting at universities in 27 countries world-wide. He is author of the book "Holistische Innovation", Springer-Verlag 2009, in which a new methodology to deal with complex innovation challenges is introduced.

Inhalt
Process.- Targeting.- User Groups and Needs.- User Involvement.- Functions.- Design.- System Development.- Evaluation.- Business.- Product.- Recommendations.