Technology, Elderly and Health: a Vital Mind Project Contribution to Quality of Life
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Technology, Elderly and Health: a Vital Mind Project Contribution to Quality of Life
Original language description
In next decades number of elderly together with age-related impairments will rise. Therefore, involving elderly in both physical and cognitive exercises is of crucial importance. Advances in information and communication technologies support developmentof cognitive exercises applications on different platforms. Although many cognitive games were produced for computers, they will not probably get to elderly, since they usually tend to reject new technologies. However, in case of elderly television can be considered as a specific type of a ubiquitous technology, since watching television is quite frequent and natural for them. Therefore, cognitive games for seniors playable at TV set should be created. This paper describes effort to fulfill this non-trivial challenge during the realization of the Vital Mind project. Particular paragraphs give an explanation, why this endeavor is reasonable, describe the project content, methodology and used technology.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
IN - Informatics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/7E09032" target="_blank" >7E09032: VITAL MIND</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2009
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Pervasive computing and management : proceedings of the 2nd international congress
ISBN
978-0-9805956-1-1
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Number of pages
8
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Publisher name
Sydney college of management
Place of publication
Sydney
Event location
University of Technology, Sydney
Event date
Jan 1, 2009
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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