AidDis- Embedded Systems In The Aid of People with Motor Disabilities

Enquadramento: Nowadays, millions of people live with motor disabilities fighting for a daily life in which is easy to execute simple quotidian tasks. There are solutions that can improve this experience but are expensive, staying out of reach for many disabled people, and do not cover all the necessities.
Considering the actual development in the area of embedded systems and the rising decrease in the size of electronic equipments, it is possible to create small modules that allow someone with a motor disability to realize small tasks in a practical and low-cost way, e.g., call for a caregiver and turn on and off a light.
Moreover, it is also possible to create modules that can reduce health hazards, such as, alerting the disabled person and caregiver that the urine drainage bag, one has to consider that usually people confined to a wheelchair require urinary catheterization, is full and ready to be replaced.
All of the information from the various modules can be put together in a user interface so that one knows, for instance, how much longer the caregiver is going to take to get there.

Objectivos: The objective is to develop prototypes of modules that can aid the daily life of people with motor disabilities. One of the modules to be developed include calling for a caregiver, that can then warn the disabled person how long it takes to get there. The developed modules can then be put together in a centralized interface.

Descrição: Some aspects to approach during the elaboration of the prototypes:

  • What is the best hardware to develop the modules;
  • What is the best way to make the communication, with/without wires, work between the various components;
  • What is the best method to create and develop the prototypes in a way that they can be easily utilized by someone with motor disabilities.


Orientação: Carlos Almeida e Rui Rocha