Interesting 12 minute video on Brain Computer Interfaces here
CBS 60 Minutes: Harnessing The Power Of The Brain
4 November, 2008
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A child born in a Glasgow, Scotland suburb can expect a life 28 years shorter than another living only 13 kilometres away…
22 October, 2008Inequities are killing people on a “grand scale” reports WHO’s Commission
A child born in a Glasgow, Scotland suburb can expect a life 28 years shorter than another living only 13 kilometres away. A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less than another in Japan. In Sweden, the risk of a woman dying during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 17 400; in Afghanistan, the odds are 1 in 8. Biology does not explain any of this. Instead, the differences between - and within - countries result from the social environment where people are born, live, grow, work and age.
August 2008 report is available from here
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Article in UK Newspaper Highlights Role for ICT in Helping those with Learning Disabilities
9 October, 2008UK’s Guardian newspaper has run a story ‘New technology holds the key to supporting people with learning difficulties’. The story highlights the problem facing carers trying to deliver assistance to those with learning difficulties and how they require support and training in order to understand and provide ICT-based services for those in their care
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US Survey Highlights Rural Populations as Beneficiaries of Telemedicine
17 September, 2008Over 50% of the 417 respondents in the survey, carried out by Vantage Point which is a monthly publication of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, believe that people in rural/underserved areas will benefit the most from continued adoption of telemedicine (see figure below).
HIMSS Vantage Point - Telemedicine Report
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e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference - Vienna
25 August, 2008This largest event for e-inclusion aims at accelerating progress towards an information society for all (digital inclusion), in order to combat social and economic exclusion. The conference will acknowledge the many actions that are taking place all over Europe during 2008 and that contribute to the European e-Inclusion Initiative. It will provide a forum to discuss policies to achieve an inclusive, barrier-free, information society and realise the related social and economic benefits. An exhibition will feature the best in e-Inclusion in Europe and worldwide, with amongst others an e-Inclusion Awards finalists village, an experience space and commercial displays. Special sessions such an e-inclusion theatre and side events will further enrich the experience and opportunity for debate.
Some 1200 participants are expected, including European Ministers, high level representatives of industry and NGOs, and members of groups at risk of exclusion. The conference is jointly organised by the European Commission and the hosting Austrian Government, in cooperation with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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European Policy Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living
25 August, 2008The Joint AAL Association / AALIANCE Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living Policy in Europe (co-organised with the European Commission) which will be held in Brussels on 25-26 September 2008.
The goal of this workshop is to create a comprehensive vision of the R&D and policy needs for ambient assisted living technologies and to suggest strategies that may serve as a roadmap for industry, service providers, academia and policy makers. An intensive exchange of ideas shall support the building of a AAL community that may gather as project consortia in the future. Interested experts are asked to apply for participation (including a description of their proposed contribution). More information at AALIANCE web site
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Short Videos on Living Lab Activities
13 May, 2008The Living Lab concept has been and is being implemented in Arabianranta in the form of nearly twenty different development projects that have been carried out in the area, all including the regional portal as a research instrument. These projects have been both short-term regional projects, and long-term EU-projects. More information can be found here, and the short video explaining the living lab concept in Arabianranta can be found on that page.
The 2007 Living Lab Innovation event in Helsinki can be found here. On this site, there are three videos (each about 5-7 minutes long), encompassing successful use cases, including health and social care as well as in new media.
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TeleHealth 2007 conference report
10 March, 2008
European Commission eHealth unit has released its “Telemedicine and innovative technologies for chronic disease management” report. The report outlines the main ideas, presentations, discussions and debates from the TeleHealth 2007 conference. Interesting that it provides a strategic timeline for 2008 for activities in this area.
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New EU eHealth video-Brochure - How do ICTs improve health care
6 March, 2008European Commission’s eHealth research unit has released a short video that show how research aims to improve the exchange of information between patients and health care professionals as well as between health care professionals.
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