The growing demographic shift towards an aging population presents unique challenges and opportunities in leveraging technology to enhance the quality of life for the elderly. This bachelor’s thesis, titled "SMARIOT: Elevating Elderly Independence through Smart Mirror, AR, and IoT Technologies," explores the integration of smart mirrors, augmented reality (AR), and Internet of Things (IoT) to support independent living among seniors. The research delves into the development and evaluation of a comprehensive smart mirror system designed to address the physical, cognitive, and social needs of elderly individuals.

The smart mirror incorporates advanced features such as health monitoring, fall detection, and personalized virtual assistance, aiming to mitigate the risks associated with aging, such as falls and cognitive decline. Augmented reality functionalities are employed to enhance pedestrian navigation, offering an intuitive interface for outdoor mobility. IoT integration facilitates seamless interaction between various smart home devices, promoting a safer and more connected living environment.

Extensive user testing and interviews with elderly participants highlight significant improvements in usability and effectiveness, with positive feedback emphasizing the potential of these technologies to foster independence and well-being. This thesis contributes to the field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) by providing a scalable and user-centered solution, demonstrating that technological innovation can play a pivotal role in enhancing the autonomy and quality of life for the aging population.

The findings underscore the importance of interdisciplinary approaches in creating age-friendly technologies, advocating for continued research and development in this vital area. By addressing the multifaceted challenges faced by the elderly through innovative technological solutions, this work paves the way for a future where aging individuals can live more independently and with greater dignity.

Nowadays there is an ever-increasing range of online options that either replace or complement traditional face-to-face teaching with online platforms. The global shift to online
education has necessitated the development of tools that not only facilitate learning, but
also encourage student interaction and engagement. A chat application with interaction enhancing features was developed against the background of the ability to determine
student personality from data sets.
Based on an extensive literature review, several features were implemented to promote
interaction, engagement, collaboration and effective communication. Careful attention
was paid to the design of the user interface to minimise latency, provide clear user feedback and ensure intuitive operation. This ensures that students can interact seamlessly
with the platform without encountering technical barriers.
In addition, the chat application provides the ability to access other features of the platform's forum within the chat, increasing its utility and integration into the wider educational ecosystem. The chat was developed using React.js for the front-end, Node.js for
the back-end and Socket.io for real-time communication, ensuring a robust and scalable
solution.
In summary, this work demonstrates how well-designed chat applications can significantly enhance online education by encouraging student interaction and engagement
while providing personality assessment tools. This holistic approach to online learning
tools ensures that educational platforms meet the diverse needs of today's students,
promoting both academic success and personal development.

The main research focus of this paper is the player experience in a specific genre of games,
namely roguelikes. This thesis explores the genre’s history, its continued evolution since
its origin in 1980, and its perception throughout the years, with a focus on the two main
mechanics of the genre: permadeath and randomly generated content. Furthermore, it also
analyzes the concept of a player’s positive experience and its optimization in games in general
as well as how this applies to the roguelike genre. In particular, this thesis will look into how
both randomness and permadeath can facilitate a Flow experience and how player models
can be built and then used to improve a player’s experience in the game, for example, through
dynamic difficulty adjustment.