personal safety

Accident Alert can detect advanced free falls. With the built-in accelerometer and with powerful and scientific algorithms, this tool can make differences between false falls and real free falls. Accident Alert uses the built-in gps service of the iphone to localize your position in case the application detected a free fall. When a free fall is detected, an email is sent to the people you entered. You can choose between email or sms. You can choose different sound alarms.

Helping the hearing impaired make phone calls: T-City improved the communications possibilities for deaf or hearing-impaired people in public areas with Telephony for the Hearing Impaired. The partners of this project are TeSS, the sign language interpreting service, and the “Deutsche Gesellschaft der Hörgeschädigten-Selbsthilfe und Fachverbände” (German Society for the Hearing Impaired). The terminals have an integrated screen, a special camera as well as access to TeSS.

BlindSquare is the World’s Most Popular accessible GPS-app developed for the blind and visually impaired. It describes the environment, announces points of interest and street intersections as you travel. In conjunction with free, third-party navigation apps it is a powerful solution providing most of the information blind and visually impaired people need to travel independently. Your safety is our highest priority. BlindSquare is self-voicing, announcing points of interest, intersections and user-defined points through a dedicated speech synthesizer.

This disability aid, based on the traditional white cane, is equipped with sensors and a PMD-camera which is able to measure the 3rd dimension directly in real time, while communicating with a processor processing data on the environment. The processed information is converted into auditory feedback in a head set worn by the user. In addition, the device has a hub motor in a wheel, constantly providing the user with information about the terrain.

Cities Unlocked draws on the expertise of Future Cities Catapult, Guide Dogs and Microsoft. We've come to understand the mobility challenges faced by people with sight loss in our cities. In response we've developed a new soundscape technology and highlighted further opportunities for innovation that could unlock cities for everyone.

Accessibility map of sidewalks, crossings and PoIs. Route4U's technology create accessibility maps in a fast and cost efficient way. Web and mobile applications help municipalities to communicate about accessibility in a positive context and give the highest possible support for wheelchair users. Route4U's automated technology keeps the map up-to-date.

Dosecast is the most flexible and easy-to-use medication management app available for Apple, Android, and Amazon devices. With Dosecast, you’ll remember to take the right medication, the right way, at the right time – every time!

Do you take medication, birth control pills or supplements? PillReminder Pro will send you push alerts reminding you to take your pills. Just enter in the name of your pill, dosage, frequency, and what time(s) of day. Then continue with your busy schedule, and PillReminder Pro will alert you when it is time to take your pill(s). Features: Reminds you with PUSH alerts when to take your pills, Great for medication, birth control pills and supplements, Tracks pill names, dosage and frequency, Keeps track of your pills. Reminding yourself to take pills and supplements can be difficult.

The Hogeweyk (part of Hogewey care centre. A weyk or wijk being a group of houses, similar to a village) is a specially designed village with 23 houses for 152 dementia-suffering seniors. The elderly all need nursing home facilities and live in houses differentiated by lifestyle. Hogeweyk offers 7 different lifestyles: Goois (upper class), homey, Christian, artisan, Indonesian and cultural. The residents manage their own households together with a constant team of staff members. Washing, cooking and so on is done every day in all of the houses.

The application is an easy to use first aid curriculum and in case of emergency provides quick available information until the ambulance arrives. In known situations helps with guide. The diagnostic menu helps to pinpoint the possible cause of problem and introduces resuscitation step by step. Its search engine allows you to find the nearest hospital or defibrillator and its built in emergency call gives a signal to Rescue Centre.