As 2019 draws to a close, the ALL INN project is due to take a short break before it comes back in a new home and with renewed focus in the future.
Watch this space for updates, and in the meantime have a happy and healthy 2020
Back in December 2018 ALL INN held a session for stroke survivors to test out an exciting innovation using remote supervision for improved rehabilitation outcomes. Since then, the technology has developed further so Aglaea returned for another session this week to test out this latest iteration.
Richard shows Ivan the Zone V interface
Last week ALL INN held a special session in Armley with Zone V. The session was designed to introduce people, some of whom are participating in the ACTIVAGE project, to Zone V’s accessible mobile phone option.
ALL INN is pleased to share some fantastic news from a company we’re proud to have worked with to deliver two consultation and co-design sessions.
Omega Security Systems is an electronic security systems provider delivering nationwide coverage for over 25 years.Over the past two years they have been engaged in a KTP project with Leeds Beckett University. KTP stands for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, which support UK businesses wanting to improve their competitiveness, productivity and performance by working with UK Universities. This government-backed scheme has been running for 40 years and aims to encourage wealth creation within UK industry.
There’s been a short hiatus but ALL INN is back and more exciting than ever!
consultation with a view in Leeds!
The photo above shows the most recent user requirements session in action, in early April. It was commissioned by start-up Wellbones to design and have input into their new app for people with or at risk of osteoporosis, and was the first of several as they will return with further iterations of their idea to get valuable feedback and direction from the very audience they are aiming to reach.
ALL INN attended the second plenary meeting for the Activage project in Darmstadt, Germany, last week. The meeting was a chance to bring together partners from the nine deployment sites to continue work on the implementation phase of the project.
Follow this link for a guest blog from Jorge Posadas, the Project Manager in Madrid, for a wider context on what the project is trying to achieve. Watch this space for further information on exactly what the project will bring to Leeds later in the summer.
It’s been a busy few months for the ALL INN project, here’s the highlights!
Our latest session was in February with a security company looking to apply their technological expertise to branch out into health and care products. They engaged ALL INN for a needs analysis session with people who fit the profile of the customers they hope to attract. This will be the first of a series of sessions as they bring the product (or design) back at various stages to get more valuable input from real people. Watch this space for further information.
As well as sessions some longer term projects are underway looking at assistive technology, but always with a focus on the person using the technology and how it will best suit them. An exciting project is Activage, an EU Horizon 2020 project looking at wearables and home sensors for over-65s across Leeds, with IoT-enabled devices interconnecting people and place in an exciting new way. The technology provider for this project is Samsung and we are currently in the design phase. This is an ambitious and important project, stay tuned for updates!
Let’s Get Digital event, marketplace stall shared with Smart Cities
It’s been a while since ALL INN’s last blog post, but that’s not to say we haven’t been busy!
We’ve got lots of plans for the year ahead, starting this week with a session for a company who work with security solutions but are looking to move into gadgets to help support people with dementia. The session will give them access to people who live with dementia and their carers, and professionals who work closely with people with dementia and determine what features their solution will need to consider.
ALL INN may have been quiet on the blog front for a while but we’ve been working hard in the background!
A session took place in late September which may lead to an exciting collaboration – watch this space for more details on that. We’ve been featured in a case study on the brand new Translate website, which you can read here as well as on the Doing Good Leeds website.
In addition to this we have a new session to look forward to in the New Year. It will take place on the 3rd February 2017 and is for people living with dementia and their carers, and professionals working in dementia.
For more information and to enquire about attending please contact Suzanne on Suzanne.morton@leeds.gov.uk or 07584 581 656.
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