Intelligent healthcare: IoT-based monitoring of bed occupancy at health institutions

Capstone Project submitted to the Department of Engineering, Ashesi University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, May 2021We are in a period of our lives where technology occupies or plays a part in every field. Such fields may include Agriculture, Banking, Sports, Healthcare just to mention a few. How is tracking bed occupancy a problem? Being able to monitor the number of patients being admitted to a particular healthcare institution prevents delayed medical attention and this can lead to further complications of the patient and sometimes death. Tracking bed occupancy in healthcare institutions, in general, can be a situational problem hence projecting to be an issue. This project seeks to develop a system that identifies and monitors the general activities of patients specifically bed occupancy rates in hospitals (that is a patient occupying a bed or not) so individuals with emergencies would be referred to the right available places before it is too late. This proposed system will have the functionality of also determining the state in which the person is lying, sitting, etc. The system would work during inactive visiting times of the hospital. Doctors and Health Administrators will be able to keep their patients safer and that is the importance of the Bed Monitor.Ashesi Universit

Investigation of mobile devices usage and mobile augmented reality applications among older people

Mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones have allow users to communicate, entertainment, access information and perform productivity. However, older people are having issues to utilise mobile devices that may affect their quality of life and wellbeing. There are some potentials of mobile Augmented Reality (AR) applications to increase older users mobile usage by enhancing their experience and learning. The study aims to investigate mobile devices potential barriers and influence factors in using mobile devices. It also seeks to understand older people issues in using AR applications

An aesthetic for sustainable interactions in product-service systems?

Copyright @ 2012 Greenleaf PublishingEco-efficient Product-Service System (PSS) innovations represent a promising approach to sustainability. However the application of this concept is still very limited because its implementation and diffusion is hindered by several barriers (cultural, corporate and regulative ones). The paper investigates the barriers that affect the attractiveness and acceptation of eco-efficient PSS alternatives, and opens the debate on the aesthetic of eco-efficient PSS, and the way in which aesthetic could enhance some specific inner qualities of this kinds of innovations. Integrating insights from semiotics, the paper outlines some first research hypothesis on how the aesthetic elements of an eco-efficient PSS could facilitate user attraction, acceptation and satisfaction