Vaasa Polytechnic currently develops Linet-based appliance control solutions for the elderly and disabled persons. The purpose of the project is to create products and services which improve the safe and easy use of electrical devices. This makes it possible for the elderly and disabled persons to live at home longer, rather than move to institutional care, thus improving the quality of their life. The project is funded by local companies and iWell, a National Technology Agency of Finland (Tekes) technology programme which focuses on the development of competitive well-being technology for the global market.

A demo of the results will be presented on 'IT- and Innovations Exhibition' between 13.-14.9.2001 in Vaasa, Finland. For more information on the event, please see organizer's web-site www.finn-nolia.fi.
 

For more information, please contact:
Vaasa Polytechnic, Mr. Pasi Tuominen, tel +358 6 326 3300, or
Linet Oy, Mr. Kalevi Härkönen, tel +358 9 4778 2830.
 

About the organizations: Vaasa Polytechnic is an institute offering education in electrical, mechanical and civil engineering. To learn more, please visit their web-site www.tec.puv.fi.

Tekes, the National Technology Agency is the main financing organisation for R&D in Finland. Tekes provides funding and expert services for R&D projects and promotes national and international networking. 

Linet - Light Control Network is an easy and inexpensive local operational network used to control simple devices - relays, heaters, sensors, etc. - in small control and slow data networks. Applications include industrial alarm and data acquisition systems, locking and lighting systems, and home automation.
 

Linet Oy, 13th August 2001