{"id":2376,"date":"2025-07-28T10:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clik.polito.it\/?post_type=challenge&#038;p=2376"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:56:13","slug":"inclusion-by-technology-_by-politecnico-di-torino-and-hackability","status":"publish","type":"challenge","link":"https:\/\/clik.polito.it\/en\/challenge\/inclusion-by-technology-_by-politecnico-di-torino-and-hackability\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusion by Technology _By Politecnico di Torino and Hackability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Innovation and technology offer effective solutions to the challenges of contemporary society.<br \/>\nIn Italy, the ageing population requires a radical rethink of products and services through an accessible approach that meets evolving needs.<br \/>\nThe rising average age is accompanied by an increase in functional limitations affecting millions of people.<br \/>\nFurthermore, according to ISTAT, about 3 million people in Italy live with severe disabilities, representing 5% of the population. Innovative and cross-sector approaches are needed in areas such as daily living, mobility, assistive technologies, tourism, and leisure.<br \/>\nIn this sense, products, services, and technologies are needed to address current and future needs related to disability, longevity, and demographic changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Within this context, teams will be able to propose their own social, technological, and\/or business solutions for inclusion and accessibility,<br \/>\ntaking into consideration, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Framing and analysis of the problems and the needs of the end user and case manager.<\/li>\n<li>The study of the solution and, if applicable, the development and the test of a prototype.<\/li>\n<li>The social impact and the size of the target segment.<\/li>\n<li>The technical and social feasibility, as well as the economicsustainability evaluation.<\/li>\n<li>An explanatory use case and a business model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If possible, the project will be carried out according to a participatory approach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/didattica.polito.it\/pls\/portal30\/gap.pkg_guide.viewGap?p_cod_ins=01VZWPO&amp;p_a_acc=2026&amp;p_header=S&amp;p_lang=IT&amp;multi=N\"><strong>Clik here for the syllabus!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download the pdf to discover if your degree programme recognizes you curricular or extra curricular credits for this challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BACKGROUND Innovation and technology offer effective solutions to the challenges of contemporary society. In Italy, the ageing population requires a radical rethink of products and services through an accessible approach  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2388,"template":"","categories":[21],"class_list":["post-2376","challenge","type-challenge","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-by-students-en"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clik.polito.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/challenge\/2376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clik.polito.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/challenge"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clik.polito.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/challenge"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clik.polito.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clik.polito.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clik.polito.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}