Onderzoek toont aan dat muziek en de kunsten het proces van gezond ouder worden in positieve zin beïnvloeden. Wat betekent werken in deze praktijk voor musici? Deze vraag wordt vanuit diverse invalshoeken onderzocht. en diversiteit aan onderzoeksprojecten maakt deel uit van deze onderzoekslijn: - Het …

The project discussed in this paper is aimed at increasing people’s understanding of the existence and desired workings of ambient technology in the home by demonstrating its potential. For this purpose, an interactive dollhouse is presented. The dollhouse, a miniature model of a sensor-equipped home, …

Ambient activity monitoring systems produce large amounts of data, which can be used for health monitoring. The problem is that patterns in this data reflecting health status are not identified yet. In this paper the possibility is explored of predicting the functional health status (the motor score …

People suffering from dementia often have problems with way finding and feel restless. In this paper we present an interactive wall developed for decreasing the amount of wandering behaviour of people suffering from dementia. The installation aims at making these people feel more at home in the nursing …

As interactive systems become increasingly complex and entwined with the environment, technology is becoming more and more invisible. This means that much of the technology that people come across every day goes unnoticed and that the (potential) workings of ambient systems are not always clearly communicated …

Safety at work The objective of the project Safety at Work is to increase safety at the workplace by applying and combining state of the art artefacts from personal protective equipment and ambient intelligence technology. In this state of the art document we focus on the developments with respect to …

The focus of my research is how Bartholomeus Guesthouse (BG), founded in 1407 by Willem van Abcoude, has organized care over more than 600 years for the elderly and elderly sick people in the Centre of Utrecht. After the reorganization of 1817 -by Royal Law- the 7 (9) Guesthouses were merged to one …

ONK is a company who provides advise in the field of art, furthmore, it also organizes art fairs in The Netherlands. Survey has shown, that almost 60% of the visitors are 60 year and older. The question then arises: "How can ONK increase the amount of visitors by 25% in 1 year time?" This is the main …