As part of the AAL programme, the FOOD project is developing a smart kitchen and is setting up local and remote ICT applications to support feeding in a secure and comfortable environment. The implementation of an application to help people with diabetes in choosing a correct diet is used as an example of the emerging complexity of ICT applications in an Ambient Intelligence environment. Suggestions for possible future approaches to the development of Ambient Intelligence environments and complex applications are offered.

Kitchen activities involve complex and articulate interactions with heterogeneous technologies and devices. In this paper, outcomes of the FOOD AAL-JP project are presented, related to the development of a kitchen environment implementing ambient-assisted-living features, aimed at increasing safety, autonomy, engagement and reward in dealing with food-related activities.

Abstract. Services for the social interaction of elderly persons are here considered here and described. After an initial analysis, the implementation within the framework of an existing Social Network Site, such as Facebook, is proposed.