Getting Families and Friends Together Again, Virtually
From: ICT Results - 03/26/2010

Researchers engaged in the together anywhere, together anytime (TA2) project
seek to make telepresence technology available to households by creating the
components needed to build an affordable and easy-to-install in-home
telepresence system. The hardware would consist of a TV set, sound system,
cameras, and microphones positioned in a living room, while the
communications backbone would be managed by transparent software. The
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS has devised an audio
communication engine to supply low-delay, hi-fi quality sound, while other
project partners are focusing on the development of enhanced video
communications, the linkage of interactive devices, and ambient intelligence
deployment. The researchers say the technology should be especially
beneficial for children and older adults, because they often find themselves
more alone than other social groups. 

Read the entire article at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&BrowsingType=Features&ID=91233

Links:
TA2
http://www.ta2-project.eu/

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/EN/index.jsp