Ambient Assisted Living
Italian Forum 2014
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Assistive Technology for Active Ageing: The NATIFLife Project
This paper provides an overview of the research activities developed within the NATIFLife project, aimed at develo** an Integrated Platform of Assistive Technology solutions supporting elderly and people wit...
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Magnetic Field Detection by an SPR Plastic Optical Fiber Sensor and Ferrofluids
Several surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors in optical fibers have been presented for the detection of magnetic fields. These SPR sensors measure the variation of the refractive index of a magnetic fluid i...
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An Obstacle Avoidance Strategy Using an Indoor Localization System
In this paper an assistive device for the mobility support of the elderly and people with impairments is presented. The device is a Smart Walker developed for the Assistive Technology context, within the frame...
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Optical Chemical Sensing Exploiting Inkjet Printing Technology and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
We reported a low-cost optical chemical sensor for the detection of furfural (furan-2-carbaldehyde, 2-FAL) in aqueous media. This novel optical sensor platform is based on a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) su...
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Piezoelectric Beams, Magnets and Stoppers as Fundamental Blocks for Transducers and Autonomous Sensors
This paper reports the development of a family of devices that are all based on fundamental blocks compose of: piezo electric beams, magnets, and mechanical stoppers that act as electric contacts. We have impl...
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Piezoelectric Cantilevers, Magnets and Stoppers as Building Blocks for a Family of Devices Performing in Vibrationally Noisy Environments
Vibration Energy Harvesting has received a lot of attention in recent years, because of the ubiquitous existence of vibrations in a variety of environments. In real-world device implementation, however, severa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Smart Inertial Pattern for the SUMMIT IoT Multi-platform
The SUMMIT project funded by the Italian MISE under the PON2020 Action, aims to the development a IoT (Internet of Things) platform which should be flexible and adaptive to easily embed several smart objects such...
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An Embedded Localization System for the SUMMIT IoT Multi-platform
The SUMMIT project, funded by the Italian MISE under the PON2020 Action, has the goal to develop a flexible and adaptive IoT framework able to accelerate the development of Smart Solutions. The main idea is to...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fluxgate Magnetometer and Performance for Measuring Iron Compounds
It has been observed that patients with some neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer, Parkinson etc.) accumulate metals in their nervous system, in particular the area of interest is the basal ganglia re...
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Low Cost Inkjet Printed Sensors: From Physical to Chemical Sensors
Compared to traditional silicon electronics, printed sensors are cheap and suitable for many low cost and disposable devices. Main printing techniques used are screen printing and inkjet printing. In particula...
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Smart Multisensor Strategies for Indoor Localization
This chapter focuses on implemented by traditional and advanced , measurement strategies and applications. In particular, the discussion is oriented to perform a benchmark between different solutions with a...
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Modeling Investigation of a Nonlinear Vibrational Energy Harvester
In last years the authors have investigated nonlinear systems for vibrational energy harvesting. Nonlinear configurations have been demonstrated that, under the proper conditions, can provide better performanc...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Low Cost Inclinometer with InkJet-Printed Resistive Readout Strategy
This paper deals with the prototy** and a preliminary characterization of an InkJet-Printed inclinometer. The developed sensor consists of a thin flexible beam, clamped to a rigid support, with a printed str...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Tilt Compensated Haptic Cane for Obstacle Detection
Several Electronic Travel Aids (ETA) have been developed to improve the autonomy of impaired people, with specific regard to visually impaired. Such systems often perform a good job in detecting obstacles, ide...
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Ferrofluid measurements of bottom velocities and shear stresses
A novel direct measurement strategy of bottom velocities and shear stresses based on the use of ferrofluids is presented. Such a strategy overcomes some of the limits of state-of-the-art instruments. A prelimi...
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Erratum to: Ambient Assisted Living
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fall & ADL Detection Methodologies for AAL
The monitoring of falls and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) is a fundamental task to implement a rigorous remote monitoring of weak users with particular regards to elderlies. Actually, unintentional falls ca...
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RESIMA—An Assistive System for Visual Impaired in Indoor Environment
This paper presents results achieved during the RESIMA project aimed to develop a remote monitoring system to assist weak people to safely exploit unknown environments. The system consists of a wireless sensor...
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ADL Detection for the Active Ageing of Elderly People
The correct identification of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) is a fundamental task to implement an effective remote monitoring of weak users with particular regards to elderlies. In this paper a comparison o...
