The SHAPES Smart Mirror Approach for Independent Living, Healthy and Active Ageing
Computer Architecture and Networks Group, School of Computer Science, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
javier.dorado@uclm.es
Computer Architecture and Networks Group, School of Computer Science, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
jesus.fruiz@uclm.es
Computer Architecture and Networks Group, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
mariajose.santofimia@uclm.es
University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain
cristina.bolanos@uclm.es
Vicomtech, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Donostia, Spain
lunzueta@vicomtech.org
Vicomtech, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Donostia, Spain
mgarciap@vicomtech.org
Computer Architecture and Networks Group, School of Computer Science, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
xavier.deltoro@uclm.es
Computer Architecture and Networks Group, School of Computer Science, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
felix.villanueva@uclm.es
Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT, Euskirchen, Germany
sonja.grigoleit@int.fraunhofer.de
Computer Architecture and Networks Group, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
juancarlos.lopez@uclm.es
JOURNAL — Sensors (Special Issue «Sensor and Assistive Technologies for Smart Life»)
PAGES —
ISSN — 1424-8220
VOLUME — 21
NUMBER — 23
ARTICLE NUMBER — 7938
PUBLISHER — MDPI
YEAR — 2021
Chaparro, J.D.; Ruiz, J.F.-B.; Romero, M.J.S.; Peño, C.B.; Irurtia, L.U.; Perea, M.G.; Garcia, X.d.T.; Molina, F.J.V.; Grigoleit, S.; Lopez, J.C. The SHAPES Smart Mirror Approach for Independent Living, Healthy and Active Ageing. Sensors 2021, 21, 7938.
(https://doi.org/10.3390/s21237938)
Article{s21237938,
AUTHOR = {Chaparro, Javier Dorado and Ruiz, Jesus Fernandez-Bermejo and Romero, Maria J. Santofimia and Peño, Cristina Bolaños and Irurtia, Luis Unzueta and Perea, Meritxell Garcia and Garcia, Xavier del Toro and Molina, Felix J. Villanueva and Grigoleit, Sonja and Lopez, Juan C.},
TITLE = {The SHAPES Smart Mirror Approach for Independent Living, Healthy and Active Ageing},
JOURNAL = {Sensors},
VOLUME = {21},
YEAR = {2021},
NUMBER = {23},
ARTICLE-NUMBER = {7938},
URL = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/23/7938},
PubMedID = {34883942},
ISSN = {1424-8220},
Keywords = " smart mirror; elderly; active ageing; user-centred design; internet of things; ambient assisted living"
}
Abstract
The benefits that technology can provide in terms of health and support for independent living are in many cases not enough to break the barriers that prevent older adults from accepting and embracing technology. This work proposes a hardware and software platform based on a smart mirror, which is equipped with a set of digital solutions whose main focus is to overcome older adults’ reluctance to use technology at home and wearable devices on the move. The system has been developed in the context of two use cases: the support of independent living for older individuals with neurodegenerative diseases and the promotion of physical rehabilitation activities at home. Aspects such as reliability, usability, consumption of computational resources, performance and accuracy of the proposed platform and digital solutions have been evaluated in the initial stages of the pilots within the SHAPES project, an EU-funded innovation action. It can be concluded that the SHAPES smart mirror has the potential to contribute as a technological breakthrough to overcome the barriers that prevent older adults from engaging in the use of assistive technologies.
