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Developing and Evaluating Accessible ICT Systems in a Living Lab

Fortec, a research group at Vienna University of Technology, focuses on developing and evaluating accessible ICT systems. Their Living Lab involves users, including the elderly, disabled, and carers, in the creation, commenting, and evaluation of prototypes. Located in the city of Schwechat, the lab is embedded in a local initiative called "eSchwechat." Fortec combines experiences from previous projects into integrated solutions for user involvement and technical development. Their objectives include assistance for social interaction, creating an environment for play, and assessing prototypes in real-life settings.

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Developing and Evaluating Accessible ICT Systems in a Living Lab

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  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, Email: panek@fortec.tuwien.ac.atwww.fortec.tuwien.ac.at

  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

  3. Combining Experiences from FP5/FP6 projects into integrated FP7 solutions • FRR – Intelligent Toiletwww.fortec.tuwien.ac.at/frr • SILC – Extended Emergency Call Systemwww.fortec.tuwien.ac.at/silc • ENABLE – Wearable Devicewww.fortec.tuwien.ac.at/enable • Movement – robotic mobility platform www.fortec.tuwien.ac.at/movement • AAL – Ambient Assisted Living – Preparing an Article 169 Initiative www.aal169.org • Ethics in Assistive Technologyhttp://www.is.tuwien.ac.at/closetothebody/index_en.html

  4. Assistive System used by young student for editing source code • 3.500 symbols • 115 levels • single switch (under left foot)

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

  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)

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

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

  9. Normative 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

  10. Contact fortec – Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology Institute Integrated study Vienna University of Technology www.fortec.tuwien.ac.at CEIT Central European Institute of Technology gemeinnuetzige GmbH www.ceit.at www.eschwechat.at

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