Smartphones for Smart Seniors
From IEETA
| Title | Smartphones for Seniors (S4S) |
|---|---|
| Reference | QREN 21541 |
| PI | António J. S. Teixeira |
| Participants | Nelson Rocha, José Luís Oliveira, Miguel Oliveira e Silva, Nuno Lau, António J. R. Neves, Anabela Silva, Margarida Cerqueira, Catarina Oliveira, Joaquim Alvarelhão, Alexandra Queirós, Rui Costa, José Ignácio Martin, Joaquim Madeira, Carlos Costa, Nuno Almeida, Ana Filipa Rosa, Flávio Ferreira |
| Funded by | ADI |
| Global funding (€) | |
| RU funding (€) | 168,536€232,579.68 USD |
| Starts | 2011/10/01 |
| Ends | 2014/03/31 |
Smartphones for Seniors (S4S) is a Portuguese collaborative R&D project coordinated by Microsoft, which aims to facilitate communication mechanisms available to the elderly, by redesigning the user interfaces of the basic functions of a Windows Phone 7 smartphone. It also includes the redesign of more advanced tools such as video calling and interconnection with social media in order to allow remote interaction with users of social networks, as well as synchronous or asynchronous conversation, covering also audiovisual communication.
The consortium of this project includes four companies: Microsoft, Optimus (Telecom operator), WIT and Devscope, two Universities: Aveiro (UA) and Lisbon (FCUL), and one R&D institute Fraunhofer Portugal (Fhp – AICOS, Portugal Research Center for Assistive Information and Communication Solutions).
Expected Results:
- Isolation prevention of the elderly.
- Promotion of independence and quality of life for elderly.
- Support in health improvement.
- Develop the local economy of applications for Windows Phone 7, oriented to the elderly population.