Some time ago, I was visiting a friend at home and his older father was in the living room reading the news on his brand new iPad. The father suffered from presbyopia and cataracts, so in order to see the screen he used an old,...
On 1 October 2020, one of Caritas Coimbra’s Centers (Portugal) started the tests to evaluate the usability, utility and reliability of the first prototype of the SmartWork system, in order to provide practical feedback to its technological developers and improve the final version of the system. This...
SmartWork aims to support older workers and all workers in general in various aspects of their life spanning from the monitoring of their physical and cognitive health to the provision of assistance in their every job tasks. A central component of the project is the...
This week, we had the opportunity to ask some questions to one of our partners from the University of Patras, Otilia Kocsis. Here below the full interview. What is the main role of the University of Patras in SmartWork? University of Patras has a leading role in...
Read the concerted paper between SmartWork partners and projects on the role of AI technologies in working through COVID-19 and its aftermath.The SmartWork project, under the leadership of Cáritas Coimbra and the ECHAlliance for its Concertation Activities, invited all projects funded by the European Union...
The ambition of SmartWork’s holistic approach is to support active and healthy ageing at work for older office workers, through a suite of smart services, building a Worker-Centric AI System for work ability sustainability. In other words, keeping ageing people working for longer by supporting...
While the work on the prototype of SmartWork platform continues and the summer season is in full swing in Europe, SmartWork talks with the four representatives of its target group - office workers - about their health and wellbeing related to telecommuting during the pandemic....
While the work on the prototype of SmartWork platform continues and summer season hits Europe, SmartWork talks with the four representatives of its target group - office workers - about their health and wellbeing related to the telecommuting during the times of pandemic. We are...
While the work on the prototype of SmartWork platform continues and summer season hits Europe, SmartWork talks with four representatives of its target group - older workers - about their health and wellbeing related to the shift to telecommuting during the times of pandemic. We...
While the work on the prototype of SmartWork platform continues and summer season hits Europe, SmartWork talks with the four representatives of its target group - older workers - about their health and wellbeing related to the telecommuting during the times of pandemic. We are...
