The co-creative project "Integrated Disability", framed within the UJI.>LAB of Espaitec, is the result of the proposal of the professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction, Teresa Gallego, and the professor of the Department of Engineering and Science of Computers, Raúl Marín
One of the main problems faced daily by people with functional disabilities It is at the moment that they have to interact in public spaces (public administrations, shops, supermarkets, etc.) and at the same time preserve their autonomy and privacy regarding the disability they present. Starting from this problem, the professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction, Teresa Gallego, and the tenured professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dr. Raúl Marín, Universitat Jaume I proposed to provide a solution to a specific case such as Parkinson's patients, through a co-creative project promoted from the UJI.>LAB de podcast.
«Integrated Disability» is being carried out through a collaborative and interdisciplinary work between different areas that make up the project: area of Architecture, area Informatics Engineering, area Economist , area Health Sciences and the collaboration of Parkinson's Association of the Province of Castellón.
On the one hand, the health area made up of medical, nursing and psychology staff from the UJI, together with the Parkinson's Association of the Province of Castellón have been in charge of collecting the necessary information to facilitate the interaction between the patient and public spaces (public administrations, shops, supermarkets, etc.) depending on its limitations. On the other hand, the project has the participation of fourth year students of Computer Engineering, which is making use of knowledge acquired in the subject of Networks and Mobile Devices to train and develop some technological parts of the project, such as the implementation of the application My Life Easier, which can be installed on a smartwatch or smartphone, and which uses Bluetooth to send said information to assist the person with disabilities.
Finally, the economics department Through the participation of a group of students, he has developed a Methodological canvas that integrates a possible business plan of a potential entrepreneurial initiative around the result of the project.
UJI.>LAB
UJI.>LAB, Espaitec's LivingLabIs a environment that Espaitec makes available to the students, teachers and research groups of the Universitat Jaume I to boost the generation of innovative ideas, linked to the challenge-solution paradigm, with a multidisciplinary strategy, that is, under a 360º prism. To this end, it incorporates a set of mechanisms that will allow the proposals of the university community to materialize, such as the FabLab, an environment for prototyping initiatives that result in a tangible product. To achieve this, we have the most advanced technology in printers 3D, Resin Printers, Laser Cutters, Cutting Plotters, Precision CNC y CNC for large formats.
UJI.>LAB facilitates the implementation of co-creative projects in which the end user is incorporated into its design, either through Final Degree Projects (TFGs) o Master's Final Projects (TFMs) or projects of another nature, incorporating the most innovative methodologies promoted by European Network of LivingLabs (ENOLL), of which Espaitec has been part of its board of directors since 2011.
UJI.>LAB has been possible thanks to the financing of the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) in its first phase during the year 2019, and the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI) in the second phase that began in 2020.
