Ambient Assisted Living 9. AAL-Kongress, Frankfurt/M, Germany, A
In this book, leading authors in the field discuss the habitats of tomorrow. These habitats will be connected through autonomous and assistive systems, turning habitats into health resorts. This book discusses how assistance technologies enable a smooth t
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Ambient Assisted Living 9. AAL-Kongress, Frankfurt/M, Germany, April 20–21, 2016
Advanced Technologies and Societal Change
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Reiner Wichert ⋅ Beate Mand Editors
Ambient Assisted Living 9. AAL-Kongress, Frankfurt/M, Germany, April 20–21, 2016
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Editors Reiner Wichert SageLiving GmbH Pfungstadt Germany
Beate Mand Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V. Frankfurt Germany
ISSN 2191-6853 ISSN 2191-6861 (electronic) Advanced Technologies and Societal Change ISBN 978-3-319-52321-7 ISBN 978-3-319-52322-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52322-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016963785 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
The habitats of tomorrow will be connected through networked, autonomous, and assistive systems. Houses, apartments, offices, transport, or public spaces are converting into health places. Assistance technologies enable a smooth transition from comfortable health support to medical or nursing care. To enable this, Active Assisted Living (AAL) combines a whole range of innovative key technologies from these domains. Nowadays, we can recognize the trend that precisely this community is discussing domain spanning system concepts to integrate seamlessly and spontaneously the various components and solutions into an overall system approach. While this potential has been recognized for some time, breakthroughs in terms of widespread availability and deployment of solutions have yet to be achieved. The EU and the AAL Association have fu
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