Assistive technology: at the crossroads of the health sciences and engineering

摘要

AT is by far not a hot field. Yet, it is a growing field with high social relevance. AT, situated on the crossroads of the health sciences and technology is an applied field and as far as we see with little direct theoretical underpinning. For colleagues active in this field obtaining useful results is more important than publishing many articles. Our home institute, KHBO, wishes to become a regional leader in this field, not only by delivering many useful tools in collaboration with the economic actors in the region but also by publishing the methods leading to these practical results. By publishing this contribution we hope to attract more attention to this small but interesting research area.