The demand for assistive technology is expected to rise alongside the increasing care needs of aging populations. Ambient intelligence, particularly context awareness, offers potential benefits in addressing challenges faced by the healthcare system. In dementia care, context awareness can facilitate …

Reinforcement learning offers a promising approach for personalized, early-stage detection of behavioral events such as agitation in individuals with dementia, particularly when contextual insights from care staff are integrated. Given the scarcity and the ethical constraints of real-world agitation …

This chapter “Sustainable City Logistics” explores how cities are transitioning toward more efficient, low-emission, and multimodal logistics systems. Traditional urban freight has long depended on vans and trucks, which, while essential, contribute significantly to congestion, emissions, and noise. …

This study systematically reviews the evolution, present focus, and future potential of floating ports/ harbours within the wider maritime industry. Using a bigram-based search strategy across Scopus and Web of Science, 884 relevant publications were identified, of which 140 directly addressed floating …

Door burgers geleide initiatieven op het gebied van hernieuwbare energie kunnen een belangrijke motor zijn voor lokale energietransities.Dit evenement brengt interdisciplinaire inzichten uit het bedrijfsleven, de economie en de rechtswetenschap samen om maatschappelijke organisaties, lokale overheden …

Creating meaning through technology in use, that is what we do in the Human-Centered Technology research group. Because technology without meaning is a billionaire making more money somewhere. Technology with meaning, hopeful meaning, helpful meaning, that can move mountains. In this research group, …

Background and Aim. In the Dutch healthcare sector, staff shortages coinciding with an increased care demand due to an aging population, have become a pressing issue. In many hospitals, staff work part-time, workloads and absenteeism are growing, and staff are leaving. The Dutch facility management (FM) …

Nederland beschikt over een groeiend netwerk van fieldlabs, waaronder The Green Village in Delft, ENTRANCE in Groningen, Connectr in Arnhem, en het Switch fieldlab in Lelystad van TNO en Universiteit Wageningen. Deze fieldlabs vervullen een sleutelrol in het versnellen van de energietransitie door het …