Für das Paper „Selection and Assessment of Activity Trackers for Enthusiastic Seniors“ wurden die Forscherinnen und Forscher Viktoria Willner, Harald Rieser, Verena Venek und Cornelia Schneider der Salzburg Research mit dem Best Paper Award ausgezeichnet. Präsentiert wurde das Paper bei der ICT4AWE: The 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, in Porto, Portugal.

Bei dem Paper ging es um die Auswahl eines geeigneten Activity Trackers für ältere Menschen. Diese erreichen nämlich selten den empfohlenen Bewegungslevel und sollen durch einen entsprechenden Bewegungs-Tracker zu mehr Aktivität motiviert werden. Die Wahl fiel auf das Samsung Gear Fit2, das in das CARIMO-System integriert wird.

Abstract:

A large percentage of older people do not achieve the recommended levels of health related activities. The planned CARIMO system addresses this problem and offers services and applications which motivate older users to do exercises and thus, improve their health. As additional incentive, an activity tracker is planned to be integrated in the CARIMO system. The paper describes the three-step process we defined to select a suitable device. First, available activity trackers were analysed according to a predefined criteria catalogue. Best ranked trackers were evaluated with a respect to usability and technical requirements. The Samsung Gear Fit2 offered a high range of functionality and was best ranked according to the usability evaluation.

So, we finally decided to integrate the Samsung Gear Fit2 in the CARIMO system.

Das CARIMO-System wird im Forschungsprojekt CiM – Care in Movement entwickelt.