1. Developing and Evaluating Accessible ICT Systems in a Living Lab
Fortec - Vienna University of Technology
CEIT – Central European Institute of Technology
Expertise:
Technical Development, HCI for disabled and old persons, user involvement (user requirements, validation, field trials, ethics)
Paul Panek,
Challenge 7 Info Days,

2. Living Lab for involving users
Living Laboratory as Framework for Involving Users (elderly, disabled, carers) from the outset
Creation of ideas, commenting of prototypes, evaluation of actual benefits in real life setting
Located in the city of Schwechat, (Vienna airport area) embedded in a local initiative “eSchwechat” of the city administration
Sheltered housing and community care
Framework for Ethical Guidance and Supervision
Appropriate involvement of vulnerable users
Challenge 7 Info Days,

3. Combining Experiences from FP5/FP6 projects into integrated FP7 solutions
FRR – Intelligent Toilet
SILC – Extended Emergency Call System
ENABLE – Wearable Device
Movement – robotic mobility platform
AAL – Ambient Assisted Living – Preparing an Article 169 Initiative
Ethics in Assistive Technology
Challenge 7 Info Days,

4. Assistive System used by young student for editing source code
3.500 symbols
115 levels
single switch (under left foot)
Challenge 7 Info Days,

5. Non-Speaking Severely Motor Disabled Person Using AUTONOMY system for communication, control and listening to lectures notes Input device: Head stick and/or Single Switch
private home, Vienna
Challenge 7 Info Days,

6. Proposed Objectives and Approaches “Social Informatics”
Assistance for interacting
with social environment and
With material environment
Creating Environment for “playing” (toy train, robotics, Virtual Reality, ….) - enabling playing TOGETHER
Involving users right from the beginning
Users and carers are experts
Evaluating overall system including non-technical parts of the overall system (often not technical aspects are crucial for acceptance)
Assessing the overall (!) benefit and potential of prototypes in real life settings (e.g. Living Lab)
Challenge 7 Info Days,

7. FSR = force sensitive resistor, measuring distribution of pressure)
eShoe
FSR
FSR = force sensitive resistor, measuring distribution of pressure)
Prevention and detection of falls
Challenge 7 Info Days,

8. ZigBee Sensor Network with minimum intrusion
Alarm – User has fallen !!!
Supporting carers of old people (tele-information about present condition of family member)
Challenge 7 Info Days,

9. Normative work Guidance work Empirical work
Identification of ethical issues as they emerge in a research process
Background work – review of relevant guideline documents
Guidance work
Process for informed consent
Support in risk identification, ethical assessment of user tests
Empirical work
Observation of user tests
Interviews and focus groups with users
Analysis, feedback
Challenge 7 Info Days,

10. Contact fortec – Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology
Institute Integrated study
Vienna University of Technology
CEIT Central European Institute of Technology gemeinnuetzige GmbH
Challenge 7 Info Days,