Toekomstbeelden
Suppose you need care and you end up in a place where sensors and artificial intelligence help to monitor your well-being, or where you are nursed by robots. What is it like for healthcare staff to have a robot as a colleague? What opportunities do researchers see in these technical innovations?
These questions were central to the TOEKOMSTBEELDEN project of the Radboud University, care organization Kalorama and InScience. As one of the sixteen WECOM projects of the Nationale Wetenschapsagenda 2023, three filmmakers were linked to their own group of informal carers, scientists, professional healthcare workers and elderly people with specialist care needs. Each group exchanged knowledge and experience and made a short film about the opportunities and threats of healthcare innovations.
The kick-off of TOEKOMSTBEELDEN was during InScience 2023 and the films premiered during InScience 2024. The films can be watched on Monday 23 September in LUX, during the Vibe of the Future festival.
This program is a collaboration with Kalorama and Radboud University, and is made possible in part by the Nationale Wetenschapsagenda.
Avondronde (Laura Heinig)
A woman walks through the hallways of a seemingly abandoned nursing home.A place where she once worked, but never wanted to live. She finds an old care robot, left in an empty room. What is it like to no longer be needed? And who will take care of them?
Data van Troost (Brian den Hartog)
When Kees visits his life partner Arnold in the nursing home, he has virtually no contact with him anymore. Yet Kees is shocked to hear that data measurements show that Arnold’s zest for life has dropped to a critical level. Can Kees face the reality behind these figures?
Meneer Groenendaal (Valerie Rutjes)
Mr Groenendaal is happy when his daughter and grandchildren come to visit. During dinner he notices that something is wrong. A film about human contact and technological solutions.
Pictures by Mohanad Ataya