Assistive Technology

Smart ageing prize

AAL (previously known as Ambient Assisted Living) has launched its Smart Ageing Prize – a €50,000 Challenge Prize to find the best innovation in internet connected devices and technologies (Internet of Things) that will empower older adults to achieve the quality of life they aspire to socially and independently. The Prize aims to find innovations […]

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Global survey of assistive technology

Library / HEC Team

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a global survey to gather views on the most necessary and useful assistive technologies such as hearing aids, wheel chairs and personal alarms. The survey will feed into the first ever WHO mandated list of essential assistive technologies to provide a tool for governments. Governments can use the

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