PERSONA

PERSONA is one of the Integrated Projects funded by the European Commission within the VI Framework Programme for IST (Information Society Technologies) on Ambient Assisted Living for the Ageing Society. PERSONA- PERceptive Spaces prOmoting iNdependent Aging- aims at providing a scalable open technological platform to build a broad range of services for social inclusion, independent living and healthy lifestyle of Senior Citizens. It has started in January 2007 and will last 42 months. PERSONA technical platform will exploit and incorporate new emerging technologies: micro- and nano-electronics, embedded systems (e.g. as in smart textiles), Human Machine Interfaces (display technologies, natural language communication), Communication (e.g. body area network, wireless sensor networks), software, web & network technologies (e.g. tele-services), biosensors (to measure physiological data), embedded and distributed sensors (to observe activity patterns, nutrition, gait, sleep), energy generation and control technologies (energy harvesting), and intelligent software tools for decision support. PERSONA comprises the evaluation and validation in extensive test-beds and trials in three sites in Spain, Italy, and Denmark. The consortium, lead by Vodafone Omnitel, consists of more than 20 organizations from Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherland, Denmark and Greece.

Duration: 2007 - 2010. Contract N. 45459.