**Meet the editors**

Alejandro Rafael Garcia Ramirez is a Professor in Applied Computing at Universidade do Vale de Itajai, Brazil, and member of the Mechanical and Computer Engineering Departments. He received his certificate of higher education in Electronic Engineering from Instituto Superior Politecnico José Antonio Echeverria, Havana, Cuba, in 1989, and received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, in 2003. He has 115 published papers in local and international peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences in the fields of robotics, technologies for education, embedded systems, and assistive technologies. He is a member of the ad-hoc advisory committee of CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level or Education Personnel) and CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) and serves on the scientific committee of several journals and conferences. He heads the Assistive Technology Research team at Universidade do Vale de Itajai.

Marcelo Gitirana Gomes Ferreira is a Professor in Usability/User Experience and Assistive Technology at Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina and member of the Design Department. He received his certificate of higher education in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1993. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade

Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2007. He has 219 published papers in local and international peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences in the fields of human factors, product design, and new product development. He is a member of the ad-hoc advisory committee of CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level or Education Personnel) and CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). From 1998 to 2002, he worked as product engineer for Volkswagen in Brazil and also in Germany (Wolfsburg).

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Smart Cities 1**

Vlad Popescu

Eric Heng Gu

Roman Anton

Rafael Garcia Ramirez

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: The Role of Assistive Technologies in**

Chapter 2 **Raspcare: A Telemedicine Platform for the Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Chronic Diseases 9**

Aguilar, Italo de Araujo and Rossana Andrade

Chapter 4 **Creative Haptic Interface Design for the Aging Population 51**

Chapter 5 **Intelligent Communication and Patterning in Smart Cities 69**

**Acceptance of Technology in the Context of Health Care 93** Teatske van der Zijpp, Eveline J.M. Wouters and Janienke Sturm

Chapter 6 **To Use or Not to Use: The Design, Implementation and**

Chapter 3 **Using IoT for Accessible Tourism in Smart Cities 31**

Marion Hersh, Marcelo Gitirana Gomes Ferreira and Alejandro

Rodrigo Varejão Andreão, Matheus Athayde, Jérôme Boudy, Paulo

Michele Nitti, Daniele Giusto, Simone Zanda, Massimo Di Francesco, Carlino Casari, Maria Laura Clemente, Cristian Lai, Carlo Milesi and
