The idea of cognitive city - a challenge for new technology to promote health

Abstract

New technologies offer us amazing opportunities for the progress of cognitive forms of learning, because they provide a virtual way of observation of the world around us. The concept of cognitive city, as an idea, enables to take advantage of new technologies and their availability in all spheres of society. Health promotion and disease prevention is possible to conduct through the enlightenment of children, youth and people. The program of prevention of human health should be presented in an interesting, user-friendly and modern way. In that sense, an option is as a separate subject or as part of some broader themes in the concept of cognitive cities. For the strategy and the concept of enlightenment, it is necessary to be adapted to the new trends of contemporary strategies of development of urban areas and updated according to the needs of target groups. In addition to providing information, tools are needed that would measure the interest of the people in the topics of health programs with the aim of achieving better results. This paper will indicate the possibilities offered by new technologies implemented as tools for health promotion and disease prevention in the idea of the concept of cognitive cities. The use of multimedia content with the help of new technologies implemented in the concept of cognitive cities can in plastic and entertaining way show the terms and conditions for the use of preventive measures, and why we use them.