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Current Projects
Aging-in-Place
- Intelligent Personal Emergency Response (PERS) and Fall Detection System
- Automated Speech Recognition for a Personal Emergency Response System
- Automated Analysis of Functional Balance
- An Automated Tool for Detecting and Preventing Unsafe Stair Use by Older Adults
Older Adults with Dementia
- Intelligent Supportive Environments for ADL Prompting with Older Adults (COACH)
- Anti-collision and Navigation Systems for Powered Wheelchairs
- Identifying Effective Communication Strategies Utilized by Caregivers interacting with Individuals Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease
Children with Autism
Rehabilitation and Support for Disabilities
- Intelligent Haptic Robotic Device for Upper-Limb Stroke Patients
- Investigating conscious control of autonomic physiological signals as an access point for communication with patients with severe and profound disabilities
Collaborative Projects
- Application of Context-awareness to Hand Hygiene Compliance
- Computer-based Facilitation of Creative Expression Activities for Older Adults with Dementia
- iWalker - A walker able to collect biophysical, environmental, and behavioural data
- The Impact of Familiarity on the Usability of Products by Older Adults (part of the RERC For Universal Design)
Past Projects
- Acceptability of Home Monitoring Technology Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
- Efficacy of Visual Prompting Among Older Adults with Dementia
- Efficacy of a personal hand sanitization device for improving handwashing compliance in nurses
- Wheelchair Obstacle Avoidance System Using an Infrared Sensor
- Perception and Society: The Autism Emulation Project
- Context-Aware Medication Reminding Device
- Effects of a Knee-Brace on the Mobility of Older Adults with Osteoarthritis
- Manoeuvrability of a Powered Wheelchair
- Technology in the Lives of Women who Live with Memory Impairment as a Result of Traumatic Brain Injury
