18th AAATE 2025 Conference
Ms Sharon Borg had the opportunity to present her latest publication at the 18th AAATE 2025 conference, co-authored by Dr Nathalie Buhagiar, Prof Ing Philip Farrugia and Matthew Bonello. The …
Innovation Report: Unveiling the Impact of the SMARTCLAP Project on Habilitation
Check out our latest research paper on “Unveiling the Impact of the SMARTCLAP Project on Habilitation”, published CSBJ: Smart Hospital Section. This innovation report summarises the SMARTCLAP research project, which …
Real-time Motion Capture Algorithm for Smart Wearables – Article on the Sunday Times
SMARTCLAP uses a real-time motion capture algorithm to interact with a serious game in an Augmented Reality environment by using a smart wearable. Mario Farrugia explains how sensors are incorporated …
Best Paper Award
Our lead inventor, Prof. Ing. Philip Farrugia, and research support officer, Matthew Bonello, received the best paper award at the first international conference on User Experience Design for Virtual Rehabilitation …
Keeping the user in the centre of the design process – Article on BusinessToday
SMARTCLAP employs a user-centric design approach to develop a product-service-system for children with Cerebral Palsy, by initially acknowledging and understanding their needs. The full article can be found on BusinessToday: …
Article on the Sunday Times of Malta
An article titled “Therapeutic innovative devices for children with cerebral palsy” was published on the 24th of July, on the Sunday Times of Malta. The article emphasises on the key …
Publication in the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering
Following the successive studies we conducted with different stakeholders of smart wearables for pediatric habilitation as part of our project, a scientific paper was generated based titled “Towards a multi-user …
Article on The Malta Independent on Sunday
On 11th of July 2021 an article titled “Designing smart rehabilitation devices for children with cerebral palsy” was published in the Malta Independent, by one of our team members, Mr. …
Gamifying Therapy – Article on Business Today
‘Another benefit of such an approach is that children can continue working on their therapy goals at home after the therapy session is completed. All the child has to do …