Quality of Life Technology Handbook

Informationen zum Autor Richard Schulz Zusammenfassung A collaboration between leading scientists! practitioners! and researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh! this book is a comprehensive resource describing Quality of Life technologies and their development! evaluation! adoption! and commercialization. It takes an interdisciplinary team approach to the process of technology development for disabled and older persons and discusses the state of the art and future directions of technologies. This work provides direction on how to identify user needs and preferences! engage end-users in the design and development process! and evaluate and commercialize the technologies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction and Conceptual FoundationsWho Can Benefit from Quality of Life Technology?Richard Schulz and Scott R. BeachFacilitators and Barriers to Technology Uptake: Individual End-User PerspectivesRichard SchulzFacilitators and Barriers to Technology Uptake: Organizational and Societal PerspectivesKatherine D. SeelmanDesign! Development! and EvaluationAssessing Needs! Preferences! and Attitudes Using Survey MethodsScott R. BeachDesign and Development ProcessJudith T. Matthews! Karen L. Courtney! and Annette DeVito DabbsUniversal Design for Quality of Life TechnologiesEdward Steinfeld and Roger O. SmithFostering Teamwork and Community PartnershipsJudith T. Matthews and Karen L. CourtneyEvaluating Quality of Life TechnologiesAnnette DeVito Dabbs! Scott R. Beach! Karen L. Courtney! and Judith T. MatthewsCore Technologies and Their ApplicationVision-Based Sensing Approaches to QoLTMartial HebertHERB: Personal Assistive Mobile Manipulator in the HomeSiddhartha SrinivasaArchitecture and Applications of Virtual CoachesDaniel P. Siewiorek and Asim SmailagicNon-Wearable In-Home Sensing for Early Detection of Health ChangesMarjorie Skubic! Marilyn J. Rantz! Steve J. Miller! Rainer Dane Guevara! Richelle J. Koopman! Gregory L. Alexander! and Lorraine J. PhillipsQuality of Life Technologies in Supporting Family CaregiversSara J. Czaja! Chin Chin Lee! and Richard SchulzTransforming Education and the Market PlaceDeveloping Future Generations of QoLT Researchers through Education! Outreach! and Diversity InitiativesMary Goldberg! Maria Milleville! Dan Ding! Reid Simmons! Shelly Brown! and Diane CollinsInnovation! Commercialization! and Start-UpsJames F. Jordan ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Schulz
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard Schulz (Editore), Schulz Richard (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.10.2012
• EAN: 9781466505346
• ISBN: 978-1-4665-0534-6
• Pagine: 334
• Serie: Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Specializzazioni mediche; Rehabilitation, MEDICAL / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical, Materials science, Engineering: general, Mathematics & science, Mathematics and science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General, Ergonomics