Newsletter, HIPPA-project, 2021
HIPPA
Wellbeing and better service housing through digitalisation
About us
ERDF funded “6Aika: HIPPA – Wellbeing and better service housing through digitalisation” developed products and services for smart service housing 1.8.2018-31.3.2021. We supported companies for growth and development and promoted new businesses. For us, it was important for the city’s residents to live well in their homes and in service living environments.
There were three types of implementation: co-creation, testing and sparring of commercialization. During the process, the implementation methods were conceptualized and rooted in the practices of universities and cities. One of the results of the project is a web service TUTTUnet – Product developer´s test and support network. TUTTUnet will continue HIPPA´s work for at least the next 5 years.
The products and services generated by the HIPPA project are in line with the needs of residents and their sense of participation, safety, mobility and accessibility. Users of the services, social and health care professionals, cities, businesses, university professionals and students studied the smart housing development needs and produce solutions together. This work combined expertise in social and health care, information and communication technology, real estate and building technology, and business economics.
For Companies
Are you interested in developing smart solutions to support service housing and home living?
Do you want to test your product or service?
Are you looking for growth or international markets?
HIPPA- Wellbeing and better service housing through digitalisation support small businesses that develop smart products and services in user-driven product development and commercialization.
HIPPA offers Finnish companies value-for-money aid free of charge under the EU De minimis condition:
- user-oriented and multidisciplinary co-development processes
- testing possibilities in digital, standard and authentic environments
- commercialization and marketing support
- sparring, innovation competitions, workshops and training
Smart products and services enhance the wellbeing, functioning and participation of residents in service houses, at home and in
institutional care.
For users
Are you interested in to develope service housing better by digital products and services?
Would you like to join us by
- telling us, what kind of needs do users have in service housing?
- co-create smart products and services that support service housing in the users point of view?
- testing products and services to help everyday life in service housing?
- influencing to what kind of products and services are being used in a residential setting?
- learning co-creation with companies bydeveloping smart products and services ?
We want to improve a good living at home and in service housing environments. We co-create smart products and services to help good living.
We invite residents, relatives and volunteers, service providers and producers as well as students to participate in user-involvement co-creation process. The products and services developed in this way enable a better life continuity from one age to another. Solutions will meet the needs of meaningful activities, safety, mobility and accessibility. For that, we need citizens and actors from different areas of life.
The HIPPA project conducteted by UASs and cities is being implemented in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Tampere and Oulu. The aim is to support SMEs to develop user-friend products and services.
In HIPPA, the participants will be involved in collaborative development and testing processes that provide first-hand information on the needs of residents and service housing. Information on testing processes is collected, among others, about the availability and functionality of products and services.
In addition, we organize events about current themes and training sessions where everyone will be heard equally. Diverse experiences and view points enriches the understanding of the developers and improves the functionality of the solutions.
Activities
The HIPPA project helps companies in user centered co-creation, testing and commercialization.
The project brings together Developer Clubs of Smart Service Housing in Helsinki, Oulu and Tampere. Companies, residents, personnel and relatives as well as experts and students who want to be involved in the development of smart housing are invited to the clubs. Clubs are open for everyone who is interested in making service housing better. Clubs give boost to product- and service development processes by sparring ideas and sharing information, experiences, contacts and best practises. Clubs formulate challenges for innovation competitions and create new ways of developing smart service housing.
HIPPA also produces events of related topics.
Co-creation
In co-creation, companies innovate smart technology and services together with service housing operators to better meet the needs of the users. Participants in co-creation are residents, their relatives, volunteers and staff, cities, companies and multidisciplinary experts and students.
Testing
Smart products and services are tested in digital, standard and authentic environments. Companies, UASs, cities and service housing units are designing and implementing testing of digital products and services together. We use and develop existing testing environments and processes. From testings, companies get references for commercialization and marketing of their products and services.
Commercialization
Alongside co-creation and testing, the market and business potential of the service / product is cyclically evaluated and developed. UASs and cities are sparring companies in the commercialization of smart solutions and in companies’ growth and development efforts.
