FallTec: Sensor-based fall prevention for patients with dementia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=YanjtXVKQXw Dementia increases fall risk Many elderly people suffer from the consequences of falls, which cost around 32 billion euros per year in the European union...

BreathX – Stressfree Radiotherapy

  Audio-visual feedback to gently guide mamma-carcinoma patients through radiotherapy - A prototype in non-clinical setting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO5JiAbQezw Background: In Austria one in eight women is affected by mamma-carcinoma (Gnant...

iStoppFalls – Innovative Fall Prevention

Falls are a significant safety issue in healthcare, particularly for older people and people with cognitive impairment who are at increased risk due to...

MatchletiX – back to sport with joint effort

Knee injuries are common and particularly seen in contact and impact sports. Unfortunately, many of the athletes experience a second knee injury or do...

Healthcare Wearables – State of the Art ?

This is a dummy page, but anyone can research on that in fall 2015

CAR-E – A open-source speech assistance for elderly people

Looking over the past decades and into the future, we are witnessing a global shift towards an increasingly ageing population. Alongside this demographic shift,...

Pulse Oximeter with integrated HRV analysis (HRV.Ox)

INTRODUCTION   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by progressive, non-reversible air flow obstruction (Giardino, Chan, & Borson, 2004). Although the smoking is a leading...

LiFeStream – Improving communication in out of hosptial cardiac arrest

LiFeStream is a research project during a master course called digital healthcare in a project team of three members within four Semesters. The research project...

onBeat – Training in your Target Heart Rate Zone

onBeat is a mobile phone based application which uses music to support sportive people while running activities. It is proved that music influences our...

Reborn – Increase your running economy

Human locomotion has one priority, economy. Running is an increasingly popular sport with extensive health benefits, but also with a relatively high incidence of...