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SciFY: Science For You

We bring technology and research results

as solutions to everyday life

www.scify.org

A Technological Non Profit Company that Solves Real-Life Problems by

Sharing Technology - Managing Innovation -

Spreading Knowledge - Building Communities

Bridging Scientific Innovation with Society’s needs

2020● 6 employees - 10+ Volunteers● 4 awards - Dozens of projects● Partnerships with Universities, NGOs,

Companies...● Projects funded by EU

Our journey...so far..

the journey continues ...

2012

● 8 Members - Volunteers● 3 Projects

Sponsors and Collaborators

Sponsors● Major Greek Welfare Institutions

● International funding○ EU projects (H2020, Erasmus+...)○ EEA and Norway Grants

Collaborators: Universities and Research Institutes

● 6 Major Greek Universities● 2 Research Centres

Freedom for people with disabilities

Helping Organizations create value

Startups and Innovation

Artificial Intelligence

Impact areas

Training & Education (through SciFY Academy )

Knowledge Dissemination - Skills development

Assistive Technologies

E-democracy tools

Empowering Citizens

Civil SocietySupport

Helping Civil Society bring results

Helping Organizations get smarter

How we bring results

Free tech tools

We create freedigital solutions

Supporting Community

We form a communityof changemakers

We create viable solutions

Knowledge Sharing

We disseminate knowledge

Innovation management

We help bring ideas to life

Assistive technologies

Assistive tech - The need

Freedom for people with disabilities

● In Greece, 60-70% of people with disabilities live at risk of poverty or exclusion

● Technology can be a very important tool for people with disabilities - Assistive technologies can really help

● Unfortunately, assistive technologies are very expensive(and usually not covered by the state in Greece)

● Many parents of children with disabilities do not know the possibilities that technology can offer and are trapped in a mentality that does not allow the development of their children's abilities

● Many practitioners and special education teachers lack the IT tools to work efficiently

Assistive technologies

Assistive tech - The opportunity

Freedom for people with disabilities

● The need is huge

● Open IT solutions that are freely provided can have enormous impact….

○ ...provided support communities are created around them

● Assistive technologies can easily be scaled - even outside Greece

Assistive technologies

SciFY’s Assistive tech -At a glance

Freedom for people with disabilities

● We help people with disabilities, professionals and carers by

○ Creating assistive technology tools

○ Offering them for free

○ Conducting trainings and innovative awareness campaigns

● Thousands of users use our solutions:

○ Electronic Games for the blind

○ App for carers of people with dementia

○ Systems for people with cerebral palsy

○ Tools for educators

Key Projects

An overview

www.scify.org

An overview

● For visual disabilities (Games for the Blind, ICSee)

● For motor disabilities (Talk and Play)

● For dementia patients and carers (diAnoia)

● For schools (Q4ADHD - EICON)

The boundaries are not always clear

● A tool for one disability may be used in others, too

● A person can have multiple disabilities

● Transferable knowledge

Key Projects

Games for the Blind

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For blind children (and more…)

● 35+ Games, 3 Operating Systems, 3 Languages…

● 19,000+ beneficiaries across the world

● 5 tournaments between blind and non-blind students

● One international award (Zero Project Award)

● 100+ mentions/articles on the media

Tic-Tac-Toe

Tennis

Memor-i

Memor-i Studio

...

Tic-Tac-Toe

The classic game

● Understand 2D space

● Against computer

● 5 soundsets

● 5 tutorials

● Voice selection for “friend”

Tennis

A tennis variant

● Understand “depth”

● Against computer

● Tutorial

● 3 positions to catch ball

● Awards

● Difficulty increase: speed

Noah’s Ark (match identical items)A Memory Game with animals

● Search for pairs of identical

sounds on a matrix

● Left-right sound for X-Axis

● Tone change for Y-Axis

● Tutorial

● Increasing difficulty

● Storyline & Fun elements

Music game (match corresponding items)Two memory games with:

● Search for pairs of identical sounds in a table

● Assign a word with a musical instrument sound

● Assign a musical instrument to its category (e.g Guitar - String Instrument)

New games: Geography – SynonymsNew Variations

● Europe Geography● Synonyms● Evolution ability from

anyone, without computer knowledge with Memor-i studio

Memor-i Studio:Creating games Platform

The Memor-i studio has been funded by John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation

New games by blind childrenThe children

create on their own games!

● Excitement

● Participation in the development

● Confidence, Fun

● Assisted by their teacher

New additions:Against a computer and against another player, online

Memor-i Online:The games of Studio, now Online

Noah’s Ark OnlineCompletely inclusive games

● New features● Against computer

○ Increasing difficulty● Against other player online

○ Username - Password○ No chat option for safety

● You are not aware if your opponent is blind or not

Key Projects

ICSee (I Can See)

www.scify.org

ICSee for visual impairments

ICSee: 16,000+ Beneficiaries

A free tool for people with visual impairments with multiple filters &

voice instructions.

For ICSee for visual impairments

ICSee: 16,000+ Beneficiaries

Multiple filters &

Voice instructions.

Key Projects

Talk and Play - For cerebral Palsy

www.scify.org

Talk and Play (Cerebral Palsy)

Talk and Play

A free tool for people with cerebral palsy for

Communication - Entertainment - Serious Games

950+ downloads

Most major Greek institutions use it

Talk and Play (Communication)

Customizable communication cards

(Image - Sound - Word)

Easy use through very cheap hardware

Talk and Play (Games)

Customizable Games

Which image is first?

Customising users

Multiple users

Key Projects

diAnoia -For people with dementia and their carers

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Talk and Play (Cerebral Palsy)

A free smartphone app

for carers of people

at the early stages of dementia

5,500+ Beneficiaries

60+ media mentions/articles

Informs carers

What are Non-pharmaceutical interventions

Aim

Value

Suggests joint activities with carers

Suggestions to spend quality time together

● "What to do today?"

● Mental reinforcement

● Social skills

● Quality time

● Getting close

Reminisce the past

Music & singing

Hobbies

Reading

Short, action-oriented directions

Offers printable cognitive exercises

Cognitive exercises

● Memory, Attention, Thought and Speech ......

● Different levels of difficulty

● Printable:“Paper & Pencil”, which is a familiar way

Remember the shopping list

Fill in the sentences

Cognitive functions reinforcement

It addresses many areasof cognitive function

Attention

Memory

Language - Communication

Thought organization

Judgement

Executive functions

It aims to stabilize and / or improve cognitive functions for a longer period of

time

People with mild cognitive impairment and with early stage dementia are those who have the greatest benefit of participating in cognitive

development programs

Innovation: Stories

Stories

● Exercises included in a fascinating story

● Story evolves independently of correct / wrong answer

● Interesting

The lost necklace

Record

Record

● How often did (s)he practice?

● Not how well (s)he did

How many times did you practice in the last...

Month

15 days

Quarter

Notifications

Daily notifications for:

● ideas for joint activities

● new exercises

Today’s activity:Listen to beloved songs

Short description

What is next?

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Assistive tech - Next steps

Spreading the solutionsContinuing the dissemination (new games – training – tournaments)

Transferring and expanding● Discussing new inclusive games for blindness and other disabilities● Customizing existing solutions to address other needs (i.e. the needs of elderly people in

the 21-million EU project SHAPES)● Spreading knowledge● Working on AI + Disability

Reaching outShare your dreams with us and let's do this!

Find them online

www.scify.org

An overview - Click on the links

● For visual disabilities (Games for the Blind, ICSee)● For motor disabilities (Talk and Play, Fierd)● For dementia patients and carers (diAnoia)● For schools (Q4ADHD - EICON)

SciFY Academy resources

● Games for the Blind: Lessons learned

● Dementia and Technology event

● Assistive Technologies today

● Journal article: Accessible electronic games for blind children and

young people (British Journal of Educational Technology)