The SOPRANO project is developing supportive environments for olderpeople based on the concept of “ambient assisted living”, using pervasive ICTs toenable older Europeans to live independently in their own homes. A feature of theExperience and Application Research (E&AR) methodology used in...

Wenn im Zuge des Wandels der Industrie- zur Informationsgesellschaft die Verbreitung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) in nahezu allen Bereichen des gesellschaftlichen und politischen Lebens fortschreitet, wenn mehr und mehr Informationen und Dienste über die neuen Medien...

As the Information Society turns from a concept to a European reality, the question of ensuring the accessibility and inclusiveness of such a society besomes impossible to ignore. EU policy makers are called on to draw up a coherent answer to this question but are facing considerable...

Multi-locational work, supported by information and communication technologies (ICTs), represents one key element of the current shift in the organisation of the labour process. Work which takes place at non-traditional work settings, and being enabled by increasingly mobile ICTs, is becoming...