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What is Human Fragility

Chapter 25
Handbook of Research on Implementing Digital Reality and Interactive Technologies to Achieve Society 5.0
The condition of human fragility can be identified in all those individuals who fall into a state of physiological vulnerability. In particular, we can think on older people or people suffering from chronic diseases that debilitate the body.
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Human Fragilities Supported by the Digital Social World
Nicola Rimella (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), Edoardo Patti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), and Francesco Alotto (Olivetti SpA, Italy)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4854-0.ch025
Abstract
Technological progress must aim at creating Society 5.0 by developing tools to support people. This contribution aims to show how modern technologies and their integration into society can support people with fragility. In particular, the authors present the prototype of a technology that the Turin Polytechnic has developed to provide an IoT device control tool for people with motor neuron degeneration. This, through the use of eye-trackers and building information models (BIM), allows the navigation of models in virtual reality and interaction with different devices and services. Furthermore, the use of micro-services and the use of standard exchange formats allow easy integration with different services. The authors want to show how it is possible to build applications that, by bridging the real and the visual, can restore autonomy and quality of life to the frailest people.
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