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The Smart City concept relies on the use of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to allow for intelligent services to be integrated throughout metropolitan areas, providing innovative services and improving the quality of life. As technology advances, such services become increasingly accessible to a larger population share, and to elderly and frail users in particular.This paper provides an overview of research carried out at Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, geared towards improving the lives of elderly people by leveraging IoT technologies, also in the framework of recent collaborative-research projects.
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ACTIVAGE project was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 732679. Authors wish to thank the partners of the Emilia-Romagna Deployment Site: Lepida-Cup2000 (coordinator), ASL of Parma, IBM Reserch GMBH, CNR-ISTI, WIND-TRE Telecomunicazioni SPA, Aurora Domus Cooperativa Sociale Onlus.PLEINAIR project was funded by POR FESR Regione Emilia-Romagna 2014/2020 program under grant agreement No PG/2018/632098. Authors wish to thank other project partners for their contribution: DataRiver S.r.l. (leader), University of Bologna (CIRI) and University of Ferrara (TekneHub), AIAS Bologna Onlus, Ergotek Srl, Sarba Spa and mHT Srl.
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Ciampolini, P., Matrella, G., Mora, N., Cocconcelli, F. (2024). Ubiquitous Technology for Health. In: Menozzi, R. (eds) Information and Communications Technologies for Smart Cities and Societies. The City Project, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39446-1_5
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