EU-Project.vc

Technology Offers

Friday, 03 February 2012

Offer Title: Feature Stories - Future Internet … a thing of beauty and promise Information source: Country: Link to record: http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?ACTION=D&CALLER=OFFR_TM_EN&RCN=7990 Summary of offer: 'Growth in the future will depend more and more on harnessing information technology,' noted European Commission President José Manuel Barroso in his recent State of the Union speech, in which he emph... Offer Title: Feature Stories - Safer, more active and independent: the proven benefits of ‘Ambient assisted-living' technology Information source: Theresa Skehan, Swedish Institute of Assistive Technology (SIAT), & Martin Knapp, director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit of the London School of Economics Country: Link to record: http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?ACTION=D&CALLER=OFFR_TM_EN&RCN=7989 Summary of offer: 'When I am less worried, I do not think about the fact that I'm alone': the words of an older Swedish person who participated in a recent trial of European technology that supports active ageing. Lone...