Ubiquitous Technology for Health

The Smart City concept relies on the use of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to allow for intelligent services to be integrated throughout metropolitan areas, providing innovative services and improving the quality of life. As technology advances, such services become increasingly accessible to a larger population share, and to elderly and frail users in particular.This paper provides an overview of research carried out at Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, geared towards improving the lives of elderly people by leveraging IoT technologies, also in the framework of recent collaborative-research projects.