A New Living Lab for Usability Evaluation of ICT and Next Generation Networks for Elderly@Home

António Teixeira, Nelson Rocha, Miguel Sales Dias, Daniela Braga, Alexandra Queirós, Osvaldo Pacheco, José Alberto Fonseca, Joaquim Sousa Pinto, Hugo Gamboa, Luís Corte-Real, João Fonseca, Joaquim Arnaldo Martins, António Neves, Paulo Bartolomeu, Catarina Oliveira, João Cunha, Carlos Pereira

2011

Abstract

Living Usability Lab for Next Generation Networks (www.livinglab.pt) is a Portuguese industry-academia collaborative R&D project, active in the field of live usability testing, focusing on the development of technologies and services to support healthy, productive and active citizens. The project adopts the principles of universal design and natural user interfaces (speech, gesture) making use of the benefits of next generation networks and distributed computing. Therefore, it will have impact on the general population, including the elderly and citizens with permanent or situational special needs. This paper presents project motivations, conceptual model, architecture and work in progress.

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in Harvard Style

Teixeira A., Rocha N., Sales Dias M., Braga D., Queirós A., Pacheco O., Fonseca J., Sousa Pinto J., Gamboa H., Corte-Real L., Fonseca J., Martins J., Neves A., Bartolomeu P., Oliveira C., Cunha J. and Pereira C. (2011). A New Living Lab for Usability Evaluation of ICT and Next Generation Networks for Elderly@Home . In Proceedings of the 1st International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - Volume 1: AAL, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-39-3, pages 85-97. DOI: 10.5220/0003335000850097


in Bibtex Style

@conference{aal11,
author={António Teixeira and Nelson Rocha and Miguel Sales Dias and Daniela Braga and Alexandra Queirós and Osvaldo Pacheco and José Alberto Fonseca and Joaquim Sousa Pinto and Hugo Gamboa and Luís Corte-Real and João Fonseca and Joaquim Arnaldo Martins and António Neves and Paulo Bartolomeu and Catarina Oliveira and João Cunha and Carlos Pereira},
title={A New Living Lab for Usability Evaluation of ICT and Next Generation Networks for Elderly@Home },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - Volume 1: AAL, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={85-97},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003335000850097},
isbn={978-989-8425-39-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - Volume 1: AAL, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - A New Living Lab for Usability Evaluation of ICT and Next Generation Networks for Elderly@Home
SN - 978-989-8425-39-3
AU - Teixeira A.
AU - Rocha N.
AU - Sales Dias M.
AU - Braga D.
AU - Queirós A.
AU - Pacheco O.
AU - Fonseca J.
AU - Sousa Pinto J.
AU - Gamboa H.
AU - Corte-Real L.
AU - Fonseca J.
AU - Martins J.
AU - Neves A.
AU - Bartolomeu P.
AU - Oliveira C.
AU - Cunha J.
AU - Pereira C.
PY - 2011
SP - 85
EP - 97
DO - 10.5220/0003335000850097