Facilitating homecare and independent Living

through ICT

The Challenge
As aging is an emerging issue in Europe, there is a clear need for
Living Labs
adjusted, personal assist technologies and services. Within the
Apollon project we will evaluate the use of cross-border network IBBT (Coördinator) BE
Living Labs in the development and market introduction of such Amsterdam Innovation NL
applications and technologies. During the experiments SMEs will Motor
develop, adjust and introduce their products in to new emerging
markets in strong collaboration with local stakeholders. Forum Virium FI
iAvante ES
Academic Partners
Aalto University FI
Supporting Partners
Palmia FI
Terveyskeskus FI
OCMW Kortrijk BE
SMEs
TELEVIC BE
Innoviting NL

The partners for this APOLLON Pilot consists of 2 SMEs 3 Living Labs, 2 Research Partners and 2
Supporting Partners. Supporting Partners have privileged access to APOLLON Methods and
Emerging Practices and have the opportunity to contributing to the creation of a sustainable,
cross-border thematic network.

You too can become a Supporting Partner of APOLLON by downloading your Letter of
Support at http://www.apollon-pilot.eu/letterofsupport.doc and sending it to:

IBBT vzw as coordinator of the APOLLON project proposal:

c/o Pieter Ballon
Manager, IBBT-iLab.o
Pleinlaan 9, 1050 Brussels,Belgium
The Cross - Bo rder Experiments
The Xtramira in Helsinki (Finland)
Xtramira™ is an innovative videophone solution compatible with existing personal alarm systems
and financial flows from the Belgioan SME Televic. Xtramira™ promotes the resident's ability to
live independently and with dignity in a unique way, by means of a comprehensive, direct offer of
visual and auditory communication tools. This
convenience, in combination with increased
safety form the personal alarm system, makes
Xtramira™ a revolutionary system for the
healthcare sector. Currently the Xtramira™ is
used by the public welfare organization of the
City of Kortrijk (Belgium) both for residential
users as well as in service flats. During this
experiment we will export the service to
Helsinki where Palmia, a company owned by the
Helsinki municipality, will test this solution in
their monitoring activities on elderly and
demented people. The results of this transfer
will be compared with the projectresults of the
Flemish Living Lab case. It will allow the SME to assess new market opportunities and new
collaboration models. By observing the changes into the Ecosystem that are required to make the
solution work, we can learn how the innovation influences its environment and valuable lessons
can be learned from the technology transfer.

The ADL in Andalusia (Spain)

The Activity in Daily Life (ADL) sensor network is an intelligent domotica application in the
domain of (home-)care of the Dutch SME Innoviting. The system remotely detects and recognizes
changes in the daily behaviour of people. Based on data from the system it is possible to adjust the
different care activities and optimize not only the quality and security for the patient but also the
workflow of the caregiver. Currently the system is being developed together with the digital life
center and some Dutch universities. In this experiment a beta-version will be transferred to Spain
where the Living Lab Salud Andalucia together with several users will install it. The goal is to
evaluate and adjust the system based on these new insights as well as to explore the potential
market opportunities.

Contacts
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