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Halmstad Living-Lab

Halmstad Living Lab is a co-operation between a multidisciplinary team of researchers, partners from the industry and non-profit organizations and is hosted by Halmstad University. The focus of the Living Lab is to enhance innovation processes for companies as well as providing value adding IT-innovations for the consumer.

We are currently working within the health technology field with two research funded projects where users together with SME:s are creating and validating products and services aimed at supporting and empowering elderly people. Halmstad Living Lab plans to expand its domain area to also include the experience industry (the media and tourist sector).

Halmstad Living Lab has a long experience regarding user involvement in IT-innovation processes with specific domain knowledge within health technology and the media sector. The models, methods and tools used covers user involvement in every step of the innovation process and therefore concern both the creation as well as the validation of new innovations. 

The living lab is a multidisciplinary co-operation within the University providing knowledge about the Living Lab processes as well as IT-technology. The vision of Halmstad Living Lab is to enhance the innovation processes of companies as well as providing value adding and empowering IT-innovations for the users/consumers.

Living Labs Concept

The Living Labs Concept refers to an R&D methodology where innovations, such as services, products or application enhancements, are created and validated in real-world environments. A living lab approach aims at providing usable ICT products and services.

The living lab approach addresses this issue by incorporating three different groups of stakeholders/perspectives that are essential for launching successful ICT innovations. First, there is a need to know who the users are and to identify their needs and preferences. Second, to be able to produce commercial successful innovations, business models needs to be addressed early in the process. Finally, there is a need to incorporate knowledge about technology. In other words, society, market and enabling technologies are essential stakeholders/perspectives needed in a co-design process to enable successful ICT innovations.Brödtext

Sidansvarig: Eva Nestius
Sidan uppdaterad 2009-11-10
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