Utilizing Living Labs approach for the Validation of Services for the Assisting Living of Elderly People

Abstract

As the population continues to grow while in addition the percentage of older people within the population increases, there is a need for supporting seniors  and people with disabilities with intelligent tools. All these provoke a high demand for the creation of new ICT technologies and services in the daily living environment of older users for supporting their personal autonomy. T-Seniority is a new innovative service that expands the benefits of the information society to older people through digital TV channels, and is being implemented will in pilot sites in Europe. These trials can succeed through the utilisation of the Living Labs concept, a complete innovation approach in which all stakeholders in a product, service or application participate in the development process. The concept is based on the Living Lab methodology which is very effective for the stage of conceptualizing and  programming products/services. In the current paper, the most important aspects of the T-Seniority project trials for expanding the benefits of information society to older people through digital TV channels are presented, in combination with the five-stage Living Labs trial configuration workflow

Bibliographic Details

Authors
Moumtzi V., Wills Ch.
Publisher
IEEE Xplore
Publication date
01/07/2009
Bibliographic citation
ΤΠΕ , Αξιοποίηση του πλαισίου έρευνας Living Labs για την προώθηση των υπηρεσιών υποστήριξης της διαβίωσης των ηλικιωμένων, IEEE Xplore
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