The Engineering Handbook of Smart Technology for Aging, Disability and Independence | 
 enlarge | Authors: Abdelsalam Helal, Mounir Mokhtari, Bessam Abdulrazak
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Pages: 944
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ISBN: 0471711551
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.033
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Publication Date: September 16, 2008
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An advanced look at smart technology to promote the independence of the elderly and disabled
Ongoing research and advancements in technology are essential for the continuing independence of elderly and disabled persons. The Engineering Handbook of Smart Technology for Aging, Disability, and Independence provides a thorough analysis of these technologies and the needs of the elderly and disabled, including a breakdown of demographics, government spending, growth rate, and much more.
Each chapter is written by an expert in his or her respective field, and gives readers unparalleled insight into the research and developments in a multitude of important areas, including:
* User-need analyses, classifications, and policies
* Assistive devices and systems for people with motor disabilities
* Assistive devices and systems for people with visual and hearing impairments
* Human-machine interaction and virtual reality
* Assistive robotics
* Technology for user mobility and object manipulation
* Smart homes as assistant environments
* A discussion of emerging standards and guidelines to build accessible devices, tools, and environments
This book is an indispensable resource for researchers and professionals in computer science, rehabilitation science, and clinical engineering. It also serves as a valuable textbook for graduate students in the aforementioned fields.
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very promising advances August 6, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The increasing power and decreasing cost of computing is an unequivocal plus for the book's subject. Mann shows at length how there is massive promise for enhancing the quality of life for elderly and disabled people, via the intensive use of computerised technology.
The book delves into the many possibilities. Consider the ability for an electronic bracelet, say, to monitor its wearer's vital signs. It could summon assistance across a wireless network if the person suffered a heart attack or stroke.
Or take a person confined to a wheelchair. Now, some wheelchairs can climb stairs. Still pretty rare and costly. But this might change for the better. Also, the person might be able to control more of her home surroundings, like opening and closing doors or windows, via electronic means.
In perhaps the most extreme case, a person might be very paralysed. Here is perhaps the greatest possibility for lifestyle improvement, separate from medical advances on that person's condition.
Without understating the effort that has yet to happen, the book is a very promising glimpse of the future.
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