Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is an ecosystem that integrates physical objects,
software and hardware to interact with each other. Aging of population, shortage of …

The rapid development of technology has brought about a revolution in healthcare
stimulating a wide range of smart and autonomous applications in homes, clinics, surgeries …

This paper serves as a survey and empirical evaluation of the state-of-the-art in activity
recognition methods using accelerometers. The paper is particularly focused on long-term …

Traditionally employed human-to-human and human-to-machine communication has
recently been replaced by a new trend known as the Internet of things (IoT). IoT enables …

The alliance between the Internet of Things (IoT) and healthcare has the potential to improve
healthcare assistance at different stages of care through distributed vital sign sensing …

It can be tempting to think about smart homes like one thinks about smart cities. On the
surface, smart homes and smart cities comprise coherent systems enabled by similar …

This paper outlines the Sensor Platform for HEalthcare in Residential Environment
(SPHERE) project and details the SPHERE challenge that will take place in conjunction with …

In Chile, 18% of the population is over 60 years old and is projected to reach 31% in three
decades. An aging population demands the development of strategies to improve quality of …

Ambient assisted living (AAL) proposes a vision of the future in which older people can
remain in their homes on their own for as long as possible, guaranteeing care and attention …

Smart Health indicates the use of new technologies in the healthcare sector. Literally it
means “intelligent health”, and the intelligence referred to is digital, guaranteed by …