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AAL Joint Programme
Ambient Assisted Living user interfaces
AAL-2011-4-112
Public iWalkActive i
Project Identification
Project number AAL-2011-4-112
Duration 15st August 2012 – 14th August 2015
Coordinator Andreas Rumsch
Coordinator Organisation Hochschule Luzern – Technik & Architektur, iHomeLab
Website www.iwalkactive.com
iWalkActive - an Active Walker for Active People
Document Identification
Deliverable ID: D8.6 Dissemination & Exploitation Report
Release number/date V1.0, 15.09.2015
Checked and released by Andreas Rumsch (IHL)
Work Status Finished
Review Status Accepted Key Information from "Description of Work"
Deliverable Description Detailed list of dissemination activities and exploitation plans
Dissemination Level Public
Deliverable Type Report
Original due date Project Month 36 / 15. August 2015
Authorship& Reviewer Information
Editor Andreas Rumsch (IHL)
Partners contributing AIT, CAG, GEO, ICO, IHL, KTZ, TRI, TRK
Reviewed by Stefan Kindberg, TRI
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Release History Release Number
Date Author(s) Release description /changes made
V01 15.07.2015 Andreas Rumsch First draft of document
V02 31.07.2015 Andreas Rumsch Version for entering partners exploitation plans
V03 06.08.2015 Andreas Rumsch Dissemination activities added,
Added some exploitation plans
V04 10.08.2015 Andreas Rumsch Added partners input
V10 15.09.2015 Andreas Rumsch Finalized document
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iWalkActive Consortium iWalkActive (Contract No. AAL-2011-4-112) is a project within the AAL Joint Programme Call 4. The consortium members are:
Partner 1: Hochschule Luzern – Technik & Architektur, iHomeLab (IHL), project coordinator
Contact person: Andreas Rumsch
e-mail: [email protected]
Partner 2: Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (AIT)
Contact person: Martin Morandell
e-mail: [email protected]
Partner 3: Careguide GmbH (CAG)
Contact person: Richard Züsli
e-mail: [email protected]
Partner 4: Trikon Solutions AG (TRK)
Contact person: Harry Zscheeg
e-mail: [email protected]
Partner 5: Geo7 AG (GEO)
Contact person: Eddy Meyer
e-mail: [email protected]
Partner 6: ITH icoserve technology for healthcare GmbH (ICO)
Contact person: Wolfgang Rob
e-mail: [email protected]
Partner 7: Social Services Department of the Kanton Zug (KTZ)
Contact person: Claudia Schwager
e-mail: [email protected]
Partner 8: Trionic Sverige AB (TRI)
Contact person: Stefan Kindberg
e-mail: [email protected]
Partner 8.1: SPF – Sveriges Pensionärsförbund (SPF) as 3rd party of TRI
Contact person: Gunnar Degerman
e-mail: [email protected]
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Table of Contents
Release History II
iWalkActive Consortium III
Table of Contents IV
Table of Figures V
List of Tables VI
Abbreviations VII Executive Summary 8
1 About this Document 9
2 Dissemination Actions 10
2.1 New Media 10
2.1.1 Websites 10
2.1.2 Blog 12 2.1.3 Facebook 14
2.2 Classical Media 15
2.2.1 Printed Press 15
2.2.2 Radio and Television 17
2.3 Folder / Poster 18 2.3.1 Folder 18
2.3.2 Posters 19
2.4 Publications and Presentations of Papers 22
2.5 Presentations 22
2.6 Newsletters 23
2.7 Events 24 2.8 Project Events 24
2.9 End User Involvement 25 3 Exploitation of Results 26
3.1 Initial Exploitation Plan 26
3.2 Actual Exploitation Results and Plans 27
3.2.1 IHL 27 3.2.2 CAG: CareGuide GmbH 27
3.2.3 TRK: TRIKON Solutions AG 28
3.2.4 GEO: Geo7 AG 28
3.2.5 ICO: ITH icoserver technology healthcare GmbH 29
3.2.6 TRI: Trionic Sverige AB 30 4 Conclusions 31
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Table of Figures
Figure 1: An impression of the iWalkActive-website 10
Figure 2: Blog run by Careguide 13 Figure 3: An impression of the site in Facebook 14
Figure 4: iWalkActive in the newscast 10vor10 in Swiss television 17
Figure 5: The folder with the main ideas of iWalkActive and a call to potential users to help by telling their needs. 18
Figure 6: The Roll-Up Poster 19
Figure 7: Poster used in an exhibition where the interdisciplinary character of the project is shown 20 Figure 8: The Standard Poster 21
Figure 9: Business opportunities for the iWalkActive system 26
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List of Tables
Table 1: iWalkActive is represented on the partners websites 11
Table 2: iWalkActive represented on Careguides blog 12 Table 3: iWalkActive’s presence in printed media 16
Table 4: iWalkActive has also be presented in television and radio 17
Table 5: Papers and their presentations 22
Table 6: Presentations where iWalkActive was introduced 23
Table 7: Newsletters issued by the iWalkActive partners 24
Table 8: Events where iWalkActive has been demonstrated 24 Table 9: Internal project events 25
Table 10: IHL Exploitation Table 27
Table 11: CAG Exploitation Table 27
Table 12: TRK Exploitation Table 28
Table 13: GEO Exploitation Table 28
Table 14: ICO Exploitation Table 29 Table 15: TRI Exploitation Table 30
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Abbreviations
Abbrev. Description
AAL Ambient Assisted Living
AAL JP Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme
iWA Acronym of this Project – iWalkActive
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Executive Summary
The Dissemination Report shows that the project iWalkActive has been presented on various media, events, forums and trade shows. A number of presentations have been hold to introduce the project to experts and to the public. In the project we used the classical media like printed media, radio and TV as well as new media like blogs, Facebook or a website. Also some papers were published to bring the more scientific aspects of the project to public.
Concerning Exploitation some partners have started to plan how they can use the knowledge gained during the project. Particularly TRI as the manufacturer of the Veloped together with TRK is thinking about bring to market the prototype developed in iWalkActive. Other partners have to define the ongoing plans also after finishing the project.
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1 About this Document This document contains information about the dissemination activities and the exploitation plans. The dissemination activities are structured by the type of activity or medium. A list of the activities accomplishes the description of dissemination activity.
The exploitation plans of the partners are also included in this document. They show the corresponding exploitation plans including a comparison against the initial plans that have been defined in the description of work. The comparison also explains possible deviations between actual and initial plans.
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2 Dissemination Actions 2.1 New Media We use new media (websites, social media) to publish information about iWalkActive.
2.1.1 Websites 2.1.1.1 iWalkActive Website iWalkActive has its own website on www.iwalkactive.eu. One can also reach this site via www.iwalkactive.com, www.iwalkactive.net, www.iwalkactive.org and www.iwalkactive.biz. An impression of the website is illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 1: An impression of the iWalkActive-website
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2.1.1.2 Partner Websites The project iWalkActive of course is listed on the partner’s websites (see Table 1).
Partner URL
IHL https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/technik-architektur/forschung/kompetenzzentren/ihomelab/projekte/ (scroll down far enough)
AIT http://www.ait.ac.at/news-events/news/
CAG http://www.careguide.ch/informationen/ueber-careguide/
GEO http://www.geo7.ch/de/news.html
www.naviBee.ch
www.naviBee-solutions.com
ICO http://www.ith-icoserve.com/loesungen/innovation-and-research/iwalkactive.html
Table 1: iWalkActive is represented on the partners websites
2.1.1.3 Trionic Walker websites The Trionic Walkers, developed within the iWalkActive project, are presented on the following websites;
Partner URL
TRI http://www.trionic.biz
TRI http://www.trionic.de
TRI http://www.trionic.us
TRI http://www.trionic.se
TRI http://www.trionicwalker.com
TRI http://www.trionicwalker.de
TRI http://www.trionicwalker.fr
TRI http://www.trionicwalker.it
TRI http://www.trionicwalker.co.uk
TRI http://www.trionicwalker.nl
TRI http://www.trionicwalker.be
TRI http://www.trionicwalker.se
TRI http://www.trionicwalker.pl
Table 2: The Trionic Walkers are presented on the partners websites
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2.1.2 Blog Careguide keeps a blog with regular contributions on https://careguide.squarespace.com/ including contributions particularly about iWalkActive (Table 2). A visual impression of the blog is shown in Figure 2.
Date Reference
21.06.2013 Was muss ein Rollator können?
18.09.2013 Kassensturz testet Rollatoren
26.09.2013 AAL-Award 2013
02.09.2014 Der Walker tut, was er soll: Er “läuft”
09.09.2014 Der Blickfang am AAL-Forum 2014
22.10.2014 Gesucht: die besten Navigation
09.03.2015 Hauptprobe
17.06.2015 Neue Perspektive dank dem e-Drive-Walker
19.06.2015 Mit dem Offroader im Alltagstest
23.06.2015 Neuer Breitensport? Nein: Feldversuche!
03.07.2015 Selbstversuch im Öffentlichen Verkehr
Table 2: iWalkActive represented on Careguides blog
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Figure 2: Blog run by Careguide
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2.1.3 Facebook We have created a site on Facebook to report on the projects progress. The site can be reached via www.facebook.com/iWalkActive. An impression of the Facebook-site is documented in Figure 3.
Figure 3: An impression of the site in Facebook
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2.2 Classical Media With iWalkActive we have been present in the classic media like printed press, radio or television.
2.2.1 Printed Press Table 3 lists the contributions in printed media. iWalkActive was brought to publicity in specialized press as well as mass media.
Date Medium Reference
14.09.2012 20 Minuten Mehr Freiheit dank Rollator 2.0
06.09.2012 Polyscope Mehr als eine Gehhilfe
04.09.2012 Swiss IT Magazine Rollator 2.0
26.08.2012 Der Sonntag Der Rollator der Zukunft ist ein cooles Spielzeug
20.08.2012 www.med-eng.de Rollator mit Elektroantrieb
20.08.2012 IT Magazine Schweizer forschen an Rollator der Zukunft mit Tablet und Elektroantrieb
17.08.2012 Neue Luzerner Zeitung Hochschule baut Super Rollator
17.08.2012 Walliser Bote Gehhilfe mit Elektroantrieb
16.08.2012 Reuss24.ch Mehr als eine Gehhilfe: iHomeLab der Hochschule Luzern forscht am Rollator der Zukunft
16.08.2012 Pro Infirmis Schweiz Hochschule Luzern, Der Rollator der Zukunft
19.09.2012 Veloped.info Rollator with E-Drive
11.2012 Das Medizinprodukt Journal for target group
12.2012 Das Medizinprodukt Ein smarter Rollator
07.2013 HK Gebäudetechnik Diese Gehhilfe ist auch ein intelligenter Gehilfe
11.2013 Magazin Zeitlupe Die Zukunft hat schon begonnen
12.2013 EulenBlick der Stiftung Generation Plus
Smarter Rollator gewinnt AAL Award 2013
03.2014 Senevita Post 3 2014 Länger selbständig und mobil dank Hightechlösungen
18.10.2014 Berner Zeitung So smart könnten Senioren künftig wohnen
01.11.2014 Senso – Kundenzeitschrift der Helsana
Ich nenne meinen Roboter Mister Robin
02.09.2014 Neue Luzerner Zeitung Endusertest at public site
27.02.2015 Neue Luzerner Zeitung „Super Rollator“ ist neu mit Fernbedienung steuerbar
3.9.2015 Polyscope “Der Rollator der Zukunft auf der Zielgeraden”
22.8.2015 NZZ am Sonntag “Jetzt kommt das Rollatoren-Tuning”
12.8.2015 Luzerner Rundschau onlin “Der E-Rollator der Zukunft”
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12.8.2015 Südostschweiz Online “Mit neuem Rollator über Stock und Stein”
12.8.2015 Berner Zeitung Online “Forscher entwickeln E-Rollator fürs Gelände”
12.8.2015 Zentralplus “Geländegängiger Rollator entwickelt”
12.8.2015 Basler Zeitung “Wandern mit dem Rollator”
12.8.2015 Bote der Urschweiz “Tests abgeschlossen - nun kommt der "Super Rollator" auf den Markt”
12.8.2015 Luzerner Zeitung “Tests abgeschlossen - nun kommt der "Super Rollator" auf den Markt”
12.8.2015 Sarganserländer “Gelände-Rollator”
12.8.2015 Südostschweiz “Gelände-Rollator”
12.8.2015 Tagesanzeiger “Geländegängiger Rollator entwickelt”
12.8.2015 SWISS TXT “Geländegängiger Rollator entwickelt”
12.8.2015 Aargauerzeitung online “Europäische Forscher entwickeln geländegängigen Rollator”
11.8.2015 Nidwaldner Zeitung online “E-Rollator entwickelt”
11.8.2015 Nachrichten.at “Geländegängiger Rollator entwickelt”
11.8.2015 Urner Zeitung online “E-Rollator entwickelt”
11.8.2015 Bote der Urschweiz online “E-Rollator entwickelt”
11.8.2015 Blick Online “Europäische Forscher entwickeln geländegängigen Rollator”
11.8.2015 Luzernerzeitung Online “Mit E Rollator über Stock und Stein”
11.8.2015 20 Minuten Online “Forscher entwickeln E-Rollator fürs Gelände”
11.8.2015 BaZ Online “Forscher entwickeln einen E-Rollator fürs Gelände”
11.8.2015 St. Galler Tagblatt online “Mit neuem Rollator über Stock und Stein”
10.8.2015 Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?rel=0&v=llDnezPA614
12.5.2015 Blick am Abend “Der Rollator wird fit für die Zukunft“
16.2.2015 Neue Luzerner Zeitung “Super Rollator ist neu mit Fernbedienung steuerbar”
08.2015 Uppsala Nya Tidning http://unt.se/uppland/uppsala/terrangrullatorer-provkordes-3844028.aspx
08.2015 Trionic Press Release http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressreleases/terraengaaende-rollatorer-testas-runt-uppsala-domkyrka-1203294
Table 3: iWalkActive’s presence in printed media
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2.2.2 Radio and Television As a Highlight SRF (Swiss television) produces a contribution about iWalkActive to show in one of the most important newscasts in Switzerland “10vor10” (Figure 4, Table 4).
Date Medium Reference
24.09.2012 Radio Sunshine Rollator kommt aus der Schweiz
18.04.2013 SRF 1, 10vor10 Intelligenter Rollator
07.2015 Online TV Spot http://www.frei-zeit.tv/index.php?s=videos&id=303
12.08.2015 Tele1 Newscast about iWalkActive
12.08.2015 Radio FM1 Der Elektrorollator
08.2015 TV-feature by SVT – Swedish public service television
http://www.svt.se/nyheter/regionalt/uppsala/rollatorrace-med-ny-teknik
08.2015 Radio feature by SR - Swedish Radio - Channel P4 Radio Uppland, Sweden
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=114&grupp=20331&artikel=6235860
Table 4: iWalkActive has also be presented in television and radio
Figure 4: iWalkActive in the newscast 10vor10 in Swiss television
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2.3 Folder / Poster 2.3.1 Folder With the folder presenting the project iWalkActive we have been present at different events like fairs, congresses and workshops. The folder describes the idea of iWalkActive and lists all the partners with the main contacts for each country (see Figure 5). Also we mentioned the funding with the participating funding agencies.
With this folder we target mainly people who can support the project by telling us their needs.
Figure 5: The folder with the main ideas of iWalkActive and a call to potential users to help by telling their needs.
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2.3.2 Posters We have used posters mainly for exhibitions at conferences, forums and trade shows. We have several versions of our posters; amongst them one as a roll-up poster.
The roll-up poster is shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6: The Roll-Up Poster
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For an internal event at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts we have produced a special poster where the interdisciplinary character of such a project is highlighted (see Figure 7).
Figure 7: Poster used in an exhibition where the interdisciplinary character of the project is shown
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In most cases we have used our “standard” poster (see Figure 8).
Figure 8: The Standard Poster
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2.4 Publications and Presentations of Papers We have disseminated scientific knowledge in papers that have been published in journals and proceedings. Additionally we have presented these papers at conferences. (Table 5)
Date Conference Title Partner
24.09.2012 AAL Forum Eindhoven Publication of the project idea and presentation at the forum
IHL
09.2013 AAATE iWalkActive – an Active Walker for Active People
AIT
09.2013 AAL Forum 2013 Norrköping, Side-Event:
Bringing Together Indoor and Outdoor Mobility Solutions: Methodological Approaches for Navigation, Localization, and Environment Modelling
Guiding Mrs Ambrose to the tax office: Navigation for users of a walking aid
IHL
09.2013 AAL Forum Norköping Getting Lost in Hospital? IHL
12.2013 Pervasive Health 20-23 May 2014
iWalkActive – Research on Highest Level for the Facilitation of Agility, Mobility and Dignity of Man
GEO
09.2014 AAL Forum 2014 Bucharest, Side-Event:
Bringing Together Indoor and Outdoor Mobility Solutions: Methodological Approaches for Navigation, Localization, and Environment Modelling
Elevating Map Data to the 3rd Dimension IHL
09.2015 AAL Forum 2015 Ghent, Side-Event:
Bringing Together Indoor and Outdoor Mobility Solutions: Methodological Approaches for Navigation, Localization, and Environment Modelling
Results of field trials concerning navigation IHL
Planned Tbd Results of field trials IHL
Table 5: Papers and their presentations
2.5 Presentations The partners have presented the project iWalkActive at various occasions ranging from speeches at universities to presentations at workshops. The presentations were in form of slides, flyers and / or posters. Table 6 lists the presentations that were hold during the projects runtime.
Date Reference Partner
08.2012 Demonstration of the iWalkActive Idea inform of a Theatre workshop at Forum Alpbach
AIT
6.2013 Challenges of the demographic Change AIT
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7.2013 University of Toronto AIT
7.2013 Meeting with End User Organisation AIT
11.2013 Connection Meeting with End User Organisation “Hilfsgemeinschaft” AIT
11.2013 Conference Lunch at the European Parliament AIT
11.2013 Möglichkeiten der Gebäudeintelligenz at Altersforum Oberaargau IHL
2014 General AIT-AAL Presentation AIT
17.-19.2.2014 CSCW Conference, USA AIT
03.03.2014 Part of User involvement Lecture at TU Vienna AIT
15.03.2014 AAL2Business Day, BE AIT
16.03.2014 AAL Info day, BE AIT
17.03.2014 AAL Consortium Finding Day, BE AIT
07.–08.04.2014 Discussion and presentation at Mobility Workshop Bremen IHL
04.06.2014 Representatives of northern Germany, AT AIT
02.07.2014 IKT Forum 2014 AIT
07.07.2015 IKT Forum Linz (Presentation of Master Thesis) AIT
07.-08.07.2014 Young Researchers Consortium - Presentation on User Involvement at ICCHP Paris, FR
AIT
28.09.2015 ENI Congress Hall / Tirol ICO
Table 6: Presentations where iWalkActive was introduced
2.6 Newsletters The partners of the iWalkActive team have issued their newsletters. With the newsletters the partners have reached their customers and other interested parties. Table 7 lists the newsletters referred to iWalkActive.
Date Title / Reference Partner
05.2012 iHomeLab - Newsletter IHL
08.2012 Newsletter AIT
10.2012 AIT Newsletter – Project Info AIT
01.2013 AIT Newsletter – AAL Project of the Month AIT
05.2013 iHomeLab – Newsletter IHL
10.2013 AIT Newsletter – AAL Award AIT
12.2013 Interim report, Newsletter for the stakeholders in the county of Zug KTZ
01.2014 iHomeLab – Newsletter IHL
05.2014 iHomeLab – Newsletter IHL
11.06.2014 Newsletter for the stakeholders in the county of Zug CAG / KTZ
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07.2014 iHomeLab – Newsletter IHL
16.12.2014 Newsletter for the stakeholders in the county of Zug CAG / KTZ
01.2015 iHomeLab – Newsletter IHL
Table 7: Newsletters issued by the iWalkActive partners
2.7 Events The partners of the consortium presented iWalkActive at various conferences, forums and trade shows (Table 8). A booth at a conference or trade show is a great opportunity to demonstrate the project to a broader public. Therefore we have made use of these opportunities where the AAL-Forum is one of the most important events. The demonstration of the prototypes at the booths was complemented by flyers and posters.
Date Event Partner
09.2012 AAL Forum 2012, Eindhoven AIT, IHL
01.2013 AAL Kongress 2013, Berlin AIT, IHL
09.2013 AAL Forum 2013, Norrköping AIT, CAG, GEO, TRI, IHL Winning the AAL Award 2013:
http://www.iwalkactive.eu/videos/AALAwardPitch.mp4
11.2013 ICT Conference, Vilnius AIT, IHL
01.2014 AAL Kongress 2014, Berlin IHL
02.2014 Digitales Österreich, VIE AIT
09.2014 AAL Forum 2014, Bucharest AIT, CAG, IHL
09.2014 RehaCare Trade Show Germany TRI
11.2014 Eureka Innovation Event IHL
06.2015 SMARTER LIVES 2015 | Innovative Lösungen für eine alternde Gesellschaft ICO
09.2015 AAL Forum 2015, Ghent AIT, IHL
09.2015 ENI 2015 in Hall in Tirol ICO
Table 8: Events where iWalkActive has been demonstrated
2.8 Project Events For the sake of completeness we also list the project internal events where we discussed the proceeding of the project and where we made important decisions (see Table 9).
Date Meeting
08.2012 Kick-off Meeting
01.2013 Project Meeting „Requirements“
06.2013 Project Meeting „Technical“
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09.2013 Plenary Meeting of all representatives of the partners in consortium
31.03.2014 – 02.04.2014 Plenary Meeting
01.04.2014 Mid-Term Review Meeting
21.10.2014 – 22.10.2014 Plenary Meeting
19.03.2015 – 20.03.2015 Plenary Meeting
11.08.2015 – 12.08.2015 Final Plenary Meeting
Table 9: Internal project events
2.9 End User Involvement As the active involvement of different stakeholders into the project is an essential part of creating them to peers who talk about the project, the ideas and the future development outside the project, we also see it as essential part of dissemination.
Date Meeting
Spring .2012 TheatrAAL Workshops in Austria where the iWalkActive idea was presented
08.2012 iWalkActive as Part of a Theatre Performance at the Froum Alpbach
Spring 2013 End User Workshops in Austria and Switzerland
Spring 2013 Online Questionnaires with different target groups
Spring 2013 Delfi Study
09.2014 Lab User Trials CH
03.2015 Lab User Trials CH
06.2015 Field Trials CH
07.2015 Tests in Austria with 9 End users
08.2015 Field Trials SE
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3 Exploitation of Results 3.1 Initial Exploitation Plan Text from the Description of Work:
The iWalkActive primary target group does not want to spend their money in “senior” retail shops or sanity-houses (German; Sanitätshäuser). They would prefer to buy and rent modern products in shopping centres, ICT-stores, sports and outdoor shops, tourist resorts and hotels, just like people of other age groups. By choosing different distribution channels than those used for conventional walking aids, the whole service/product experience will turn more up to date, all the way from purchase/rental to user experience and personal image. A person interested in a certain physical activity, should find the active walker when practising his/her choice of activity.
Instead of marketing, sales and distribution towards traditional mobility retailers, the active walker will be marketed, sold and rented out in the places where physical activities take place. The services and products will physically be placed at tourist resorts, sport hotels, hiking clubs & Nordic Walking facilities. In addition, the iWalkActive will be marketed towards the end user on the Internet.
The above sales approach creates a customer-pull effect, rather than using the traditional retailer-push strategy. If the end user immediately gets aware of the services and the products offered, the introduction of iWalkActive to the market will be promoted.
The following figure shows how the different business areas can profit from iWalkActive and (red boxes) also how the iWalkActive consortium partners may generate their own business (directly and indirectly). Besides pure business, the platform is also intended to be opened and used for the scientific community to study further topics and build apps on it.
Figure 9: Business opportunities for the iWalkActive system
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3.2 Actual Exploitation Results and Plans 3.2.1 IHL Exploitation Statement
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IHL has gained a profound knowledge and increased the competences carrying out field trials with potential end users; in the case of iWalkActive people mostly in the age group 60+.
IHL has also increased the knowledge in indoor localisation technology. By installing the localisation system a good expertise in that technology is now available.
Further experience could be gained through iWalkActive for the concept of “Intention driven devices” particularly in combination with e-drives.
IHL has established contacts to end user organisations as well as to potential end users directly. These contacts will be of use for future projects where end user tests are of importance.
iWalkActive enabled the contact to a community dealing with localisation and navigation technology. IHL could benefit from the participation and has contributed to the community.
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Due to the increased competences in the above mentioned fields IHL can place itself as a competent partner in future projects.
Each of the partners is a potential partner in future projects. Therefore knowing the iWalkActive partners can influence the strategy of IHL and follow up projects are aimed for.
Table 10: IHL Exploitation Table
Assessment of Alignment The plans for exploitation did change during the course of the project. Where at the beginning building and exploiting a platform was the main intent this has changed to building up a test environment for complex tests (localisation system for navigation in several buildings). The constellation of the consortium and the possibilities of a test environment suggested that IHL focuses on the task to integrate the system, build a test environment and carry out the trials.
3.2.2 CAG: CareGuide GmbH Exploitation Statement
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Improved knowledge about enduser privacy.
Established good basis for further projects with most of the partners including third parties in the canton of Zug.
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Revision of the CG services regarding its width.
Strategic shift towards technical solutions for private persons and households.
Enduser needs clarified and adjusted.
Buy or rent as an important aspect.
Changing the distribution towards sports shops, supermarket chains etc. not confirmed yet.
Cooperation within a spinoff of GEO for a specific outdoor navigation planned.
Table 11: CAG Exploitation Table
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3.2.3 TRK: TRIKON Solutions AG Exploitation Statement
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First strategic ideas to exploit e-drive in the framework of other projects.
Planning of a strategic partnership with project partner TRIONIC.
Table 12: TRK Exploitation Table
Assessment of Alignment From our point of view there are no major deviations from the initial plans.
3.2.4 GEO: Geo7 AG Exploitation Statement
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The iWalkActive project clearly initialised new activities and caused new competences in terms of the development of navigation systems in general. It massively improved the outdoor navigation knowledge and competences. Totally new competences have been achieved due to new technologies because of the indoor-navigation components which before the project started were completely unknown to us. These new competences are vital for the upcoming steps for the planned business geo7.
Currently naviBee is negotiating with a new potential partner who is a solution provider for indoor localisation solutions on the health care market since years. naviBee/geo7 is aware of the fact that a strong partner is needed who already knows and who is active in the health care market. At the moment a strategic partnership document is in the draft stage. The vision is that both partners together offer a comprehensive product for localisation and navigation purposes for indoor and outdoor in the sector of health care.
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With the research activities within iWalkActive geo7 has achieved a technological advance with intelligent and comprehensive navigation systems. geo7 plans to benefit from this intensive project work and wants to expand the research activities in this field and plans to introduce a specific application for the market of social and medical centres.
For this purpose geo7 with a new startup-company called naviBee solutions currently is looking for potential customers (in the field of social and medical centres) for pilot projects, as well as for investors, that can help finance further research activities and the necessary development for a market-ready product.
Table 13: GEO Exploitation Table
Assessment of Alignment Since the beginning of 2015 it was decided to better have two business plans instead of one as it was planned before the project. One business plan covers the Veloped rollator with its electronic motor component and control system. The target group for this customer segment is represented by the private
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customer 60-85 years as it was planned before the project. However, at the end of the project it was clear to better assign the software part (navigation system including the tablet) to another target group who represents a complete different customer segment. So the other business plan will include the business-to-business customer segment of health care, especially social and medical centres. This rather wides up the possibilities and chances since the software can be used with or without rollator that means independent from any vehicle. The end user tests confirmed this strategic decision because almost all test persons could not handle well the software on the tablet. Even worse, they did not know what the software is even good for. This shows that in general the private user is not ready yet to use a software application or to see and benefit its advantages.
The business plan for the business-to-business market is in progress (naviBee) but not a deliverable or subject of this project.
3.2.5 ICO: ITH icoserver technology healthcare GmbH Exploitation Statement
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Table 14: ICO Exploitation Table
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3.2.6 TRI: Trionic Sverige AB Exploitation Statement
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Vastly increased product line, which during the first 6 months of 2015 has resulted in a doubled turnover in comparison with 2014.
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Qualified business idea for launching a new product segment, Velopeds & Walkers with e-Drive.
Planning of a strategic partnership with project partner Trikon, being the sub supplier of an e-Drive system.
Table 15: TRI Exploitation Table
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4 Conclusions This document “Dissemination and Exploitation Report” documents the activities realized to disseminate the project. Because we as consortium have done research and development always with the product in mind we focused dissemination activities to manifest the project into the public. This results in a considerable amount of press articles and even in a TV contribution. Also the presence in new media is documented as well as the papers that has been published and presented at conferences.
For each partner the exploitation statements at the end of the project are shown together with an assessment of the actual exploitation plans against the initial plans. The exploitation plans are structured by type (technical, strategic) and audience (internally to the consortiums partner or externally to a certain community).
