1st Edition

Quality of Life Technology Handbook

Edited By Richard Schulz Copyright 2013
    334 Pages 103 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    334 Pages 103 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    A collaboration between leading scientists, practitioners, and researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, this book is a comprehensive resource describing Quality of Life technologies and their development, evaluation, adoption, and commercialization. It takes an interdisciplinary team approach to the process of technology development for disabled and older persons and discusses the state of the art and future directions of technologies. This work provides direction on how to identify user needs and preferences, engage end-users in the design and development process, and evaluate and commercialize the technologies.

    Introduction and Conceptual Foundations
    Who Can Benefit from Quality of Life Technology?
    Richard Schulz and Scott R. Beach
    Facilitators and Barriers to Technology Uptake: Individual End-User Perspectives
    Richard Schulz
    Facilitators and Barriers to Technology Uptake: Organizational and Societal Perspectives
    Katherine D. Seelman

    Design, Development, and Evaluation
    Assessing Needs, Preferences, and Attitudes Using Survey Methods
    Scott R. Beach
    Design and Development Process
    Judith T. Matthews, Karen L. Courtney, and Annette DeVito Dabbs
    Universal Design for Quality of Life Technologies
    Edward Steinfeld and Roger O. Smith
    Fostering Teamwork and Community Partnerships
    Judith T. Matthews and Karen L. Courtney
    Evaluating Quality of Life Technologies
    Annette DeVito Dabbs, Scott R. Beach, Karen L. Courtney, and Judith T. Matthews

    Core Technologies and Their Application
    Vision-Based Sensing Approaches to QoLT
    Martial Hebert
    HERB: Personal Assistive Mobile Manipulator in the Home
    Siddhartha Srinivasa
    Architecture and Applications of Virtual Coaches
    Daniel P. Siewiorek and Asim Smailagic
    Non-Wearable In-Home Sensing for Early Detection of Health Changes
    Marjorie Skubic, Marilyn J. Rantz, Steve J. Miller, Rainer Dane Guevara, Richelle J. Koopman, Gregory L. Alexander, and Lorraine J. Phillips
    Quality of Life Technologies in Supporting Family Caregivers
    Sara J. Czaja, Chin Chin Lee, and Richard Schulz

    Transforming Education and the Market Place
    Developing Future Generations of QoLT Researchers through Education, Outreach, and Diversity Initiatives
    Mary Goldberg, Maria Milleville, Dan Ding, Reid Simmons, Shelly Brown, and Diane Collins
    Innovation, Commercialization, and Start-Ups
    James F. Jordan

    Biography

    Richard Schulz