By 2050, the number of people in the EU aged 65 and above is expected to grow by 70% and the number of people aged over 80 by 170%, which will increase demand and costs for healthcare. The Pharaon project aims at integrating digital solutions...
The Italian Pilot Digital technologies play a pivotal role in overcoming demographical challenges since they can support the life of older adults and the extended caregiving ecosystem in multiple ways. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has made an already difficult situation worse. Physical connections have become even...
The Pharaon project focuses on the inclusion of ICT solutions designed to help both healthy and frail aging adults to live a healthy, independent and dignified life. Our main target is to achieve that this ICT inclusion is designed and implemented with respect to the...
The core members of the Portuguese pilot team met online on February 4, 2021, to define the next actions of the project, considering COVID-19 mitigation measures during the implementation of the pre-validation phase in the Portuguese pilot. Under the theme “Smart Cities and the Ageing Challenges”,...
Pharaon partner CETEM, the technological research centre of wood and furniture, presented Pharaon at the 3rd national conference of the Irish Wood and Furniture Manufacturing Network on 24 November 2020. The conference provided a unique opportunity to showcase best practices from across Europe und the theme...
Lee el articulo en español debajo The vehicle for the most ground-breaking transformation in our history is emerging from the intersection of technology and knowledge, allowing the rapid reimagining and creation of new industrial and social development models. Faced with the challenge of seeking a better...
Despite its proven potential for systemic change, large-scale investment (both public and private) in sustainable homes still faces barriers, often caused by insecurity about personal, societal and financial returns on investment and a lack of clarity about concrete elements of sustainable age-friendly living environments and...
Activity Recognition is an active research topic focused on detecting human actions and behaviours in smart environments. In most cases, the use of data-driven models aim to relate data from sensors to an activity through a model developed by a supervised approach. In this work,...
Newsletter in English (click here) La newsletter in italiano (clicca qui) Third Italian pilot site newsletter PHARAON CELEBRATES ONE YEAR One year has just passed from the beginning of the Project and considering what happened during 2020 it has been very hard and challenging. Nevertheless, we never stopped working...
On December 1st 2020, the Italian pilot was presented at the XI Forum Italiano of Ambient Assisted Living (ForItAAL) by Laura Fiorini, the Italian pilot coordinator. The forum aims to bring together active scholars and experts of Ambient Assisted Living representing a unique occasion to...