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Self-determinded living
The Chair is doing research in an electronic health test laboratory for self-determinded living.
10 years of ALI
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Self-determinded living
Gebäudewirtschaft Cottbus GmbH (GWC), represented by the Managing Director Dr. Torsten Kunze, and the Chair of Industrial Information Technology at the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus, under the direction of Prof. Uwe Meinberg, concluded a cooperation agreement on “Self-determinded living” in an “eHealthLab Cottbus”.This is an “electronic health test laboratory” which will be used for academic studies by the HeLiTec-Research-Initiative. HeLiTec stands for Health and Living Technologies and is led by Prof. Dr. Christian Hentschel. The aim is to develop technical systems and components in the fields of medicine, rehabilitation and comfort and to test them in close cooperation with users as well as enterprises of the region. The project is supported by the professors Baier, Böger, Fellbaum, Hentschel, Hipp, König, Krämer, Krebs, Meinberg, Nethe and Nolte.
A show apartment with high-tech equipment has been prepared by GWC at Löbensweg 16, in the north of Cottbus. Two students of the BTU are going to live in this flat in the winter semester 2008/2009 and test the suitability of the equipment for daily use. The findings will contribute to a long self-determined living in the privacy of one’s home, supported by intelligent technologies.
Contact person: Honorary-Professor. Dr.-Ing. Irene Krebs
Location fixing of the show apartment per Google-Maps:
Download:
► New Living – Intelligence and with an eye on seniority
(Layout/Design: www.painting-werbung.de)
Press releases:
"Mit einem Tipp zu mehr Wohnkomfort",
Märkischer Bote, p. 10, 21st June 2008
"Leben erleichtern",
Wochenkurier, p. 14, 4th June 2008
"Intelligente Lösungen aus der Lausitz",
Lausitzer Rundschau, p. 11, 4th. June 2008
"GWC experimentiert mit Wohnung",
Lausitzer Rundschau, p. 16, 2nd June 2008
"Jetzt 'Probeleben' in der GWC-Zukunftswohnung",
Märkischer Bote, p. 1, 17th May 2008
Figures:
1. Touch panel for the central control of the apartment
2. Electronic control panel with various functions for multimedia use
3. Electronically adjustable bed
4. Emergency call system for “Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe”
5. Cognitive training through photos on the computer
6. Research group
From left to right: Prof. Arnim Nethe, Dipl.-Ing. Mario Raubold, Dr. Ines Langemeyer,
Prof. Irene Krebs (all from BTU Cottbus), Marietta Tzschoppe -Head of
Building Department of City Council and Dr. Torsten Kunze - Managing
Director of GWC Cottbus.
(Source: Helle Wentzer, Institute for Communication, Aalborg University, Denmark)