Ambient Intelligence for people with disabilities and elderly people
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Recent advancements experienced by diverse network technologies, such as wireless personal and local area networks and wired networks, interacting with location systems, make possible the development of intelligent environments [4]. Elderly and disabled people compose a segment of the population that would profit very much from Ambient Intelligence if it is accessible. This is only possible if accessibility barriers are early detected in the evolution of the Ambient Intelligence concept and opportune standardization measures are provided. Author
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تاریخ انتشار 2004