Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Medical emergency
situation (heart attack,
hypoglycaemia etc.)
Mobile phone with positioning
sensor and emergency button;
“Intelligent” clothing
Systems available
Food poisoning
Packaging with specific
information and RF transceiver;
portable analytical apparatus
Prototypes presented
Table 6.
Safety while performing specific activities.
Situation
Technical solution
Current state of technical solution
Moving at home
Automatic door
opening; lift;
automatic walker
Door opening and lift available but expensive
due to performance and safety requirements;
automatic walker under development
Transport of goods at home
Service robot
Service robot in research state; systems with
limited performance on the market
Checking state of home
devices/appliances from
external
Remote access by
mobile phone or other
device
Available
Withdrawing money from a
bank or cash point
Home banking
Available and popular
Transferring money
Home banking, easy
and usable
Available; problems are security und usability
Table 7.
Security and privacy of information and data.
Situation
Technical solution
Current state of technical solution
Data storage (at
home/carrying data with
me/at doctors practice/at the
help-centre)
Safety against physical
damage; data backup
mechanism
Storage devices available but basic computer
knowledge is necessary; introduction of
electronic patient records will be introduced
but still under discussion
Data transmission between
sensor, home station, to the
help centre
Authentication,
encryption mechanism
Important area of innovation; technical and
standardization problems to be solved
Authentication for data usage
Biometric identification
Available but expensive and security still not
acceptable
