From June 2016, 6, Toyama University, Sankyo Tateyama Co., Ltd., Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd., and Toyama City will collaborate to start the "Hokoken IoT Project for the Elderly from Toyama".The Toyama University Pedestrian Area Community Study Group (commonly known as Hokoken) has led the research project of "Creating a Town (Pedestrian Area Community) That Makes You Want to Walk and Live" conducted by Sankyo Tateyama, Toyama City, and citizens. It is an attempt to utilize the state-of-the-art technology of.
Toyama City was the first Japanese city to be selected as one of the "2015 Resident Cities" by the Rockefeller Foundation in 100, focusing on improving the health of its citizens and revitalizing the city.Hokoken has been active for seven years, developing an easy-to-use and safe walking assist vehicle "Machinaka Cart" with the aim of realizing a community where elderly people can enjoy interacting with each other, and installing it in urban areas and city halls.
This time, Microsoft technology was added to these efforts, and Microsoft's tablet "Surface" was installed in the machinaka cart.We have developed a "Hokoken IoT system" that allows elderly people to move around the city and check information on the "Surface" in cooperation with the cloud.Utilizing this system, it was decided to aim to maintain the health of the elderly for one year from June 2016, 6.
As the first project event, a workshop "Walking around Machinaka using a tablet-equipped Machinaka cart !!" will be held on June 6th.Elderly Hokoken members, faculty members of the University of Toyama, students, Sankyo Tateyama staff, and Toyama City staff will use the "Hokoken IoT System" to walk around the shopping district and consider the usability of the system and future measures.
Toyama University was established in 2005 by the reorganization and integration of the former Toyama University, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, and Takaoka National College.The Pedestrian Area Community Study Group is a cross-departmental study group formed in 3 by 2009 faculty members from 3 faculties on 4 campuses, and is engaged in action research on the realization of a pedestrian zone community.
