The number of elderly is increasing in recent years. According to the United Nations (UN), in
2050 there will be 2.1 billion people above 60 years of age worldwide. In addition, the World …

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measures the light reflected from objects to infer highly
detailed information about their molecular composition. Traditionally, NIRS has been an …

Care work has long been relegated to private households and small communities, however,
with the entry of digital marketplaces, it is becoming part of public economic spheres. While …

Service robots are envisioned to be adaptive to their working environment based on
situational knowledge. Recent research focused on designing visual representation of …

We present CARE, a context-aware tool for nurses in nursing homes. The system utilises a
sensors infrastructure to quantify the behaviour and wellbeing (eg, activity, mood, social and …

En este trabajo se presenta un framework conceptual para facilitar la creación de nuevas
herramientas de autor destinadas a co-diseñar in-situ Aplicaciones Móviles basadas en …

How to provide long-term care for the elderly is one significant challenge for the current
aging society. A multiform service platforms and a large number of non-professional …

En este trabajo se presenta la exploración de dos APIs de beacons existentes, una para
PhoneGap y otra para React Native. Para esta exploración, se desarrollaron dos …

This chapter reports how interaction between family members and caregivers as perceived
by family members could be improved via context-aware, imperceptible internet of things …

Pollution is linked to many health conditions; thus, it is important to monitor the air quality of
where someone lives. This can be autonomously done with IoT solutions. In this thesis, we …