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STRENGTHENING R&D CENTERS IN CATANIA AND MALTA. 
The project aims at the reinforcement of two Research Centers in Catania-Italy and Malta, which will be complementary in performing disruptive activities in the field of AT, thus representing a reference for Enterprises. Such laboratories are skilled and equipped to develop disruptive solutions in the field of Assistive Technology, including Smart Embedded Sensing Systems, Rapid prototyping of Sensors, Assistive Robotics, advanced signal processing and data mining.

STRENGTHENING R&D CENTERS IN CATANIA AND MALTA 
The project aims at the reinforcement of two Research Centers in Catania-Italy and Malta, which will be complementary in performing disruptive activities in the field of AT, thus representing a reference for Enterprises. Such laboratories are skilled and equipped to develop disruptive solutions in the field of Assistive Technology, including Smart Embedded Sensing Systems, Rapid prototyping of Sensors, Assistive Robotics, advanced signal processing and data mining.

FLEXIBLE PLATFORM OF ASSISTIVE DOMOTICS
Standard and innovative  solutions will be integrated into a platform of Assistive Technology, compliant with traditional and innovative IOT solutions, which is aimed to improve Life Quality of Elderly @Home.

COMMUNICATION will be aimed at Spreading Assistive Technology through End-Users, Public Audience and Enterprises.

• INFO DAYS will be organized to disseminate the project results through the general audience, End-Users, entities belonging to the NATIFLife Network.
• INFO POINTS will be arranged in Catania and Malta to disseminate the project activities and objectives to end-users and associations, as well as to promote visits to Pilot Demo Sites (Living Labs)
• VISITS to Pilot Demo Sites: 5 visits will be organized to bring End-Users to PDS during the whole project duration. Users feedback will be achieved through dedicated questionnaires The first visit aims to show the PDS without technology. The second aims to show standard technology. Other visits will aim to test novel solutions.

NETWORKING ACTIVITIES will be aimed at

• Sustaining contacts between stakeholders interested in assistive technologies (associations, companies, R&D, public administrations) at a cross-border level.
• Creating best conditions for contamination: to exchange information and good practices, to increase visibility for the enterprises, to implement ToK in AT, to meet user-needs with technology offer, to generate new research projects.
• Facilitate Demand/Offer of Needs/Technologies mechanism by a dedicated Informative Portal .
• Fostering interaction between Researchers, Enterprises and End-Users by Hands-on Activities.

TWO LIVING LABS IN CATANIA AND MALTA
Two Living Labs will be arranged in Catania and Malta which will allow for User Centered Design and Testing of innovative Assistive Systems by End-Users involvement, as well as implementing dissemination and training activities

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
During the project innovative solutions to assist elderly and people with minor mobility impairments during daily activities will be developed. In particular, activities in the following areas will be performed

• Assistive Domotics to assist user performing daily activities
• User status assessment by advanced wearable devices
• User habits monitoring through the observation of geriatric indicators
• Increasing user-caregiver interaction by novel user interfaces