...to ease the hard realities of aging cost impacts on local social services. IBM’s system and sensors (blue sensor box perched on the refrigerator at 2:34) appear to be unique in design. The rest will sound familiar. At about 3:00, “The sensor’s job is to recognize any abnormalities you can understand if someone could show signs of illness and eventually send an alarm to social services personnel.” Even the malapropism on the sensors recognizing abnormalities (see the web platform graphing at 3:14) and Nicola Palmarini of IBM’s remark “Preventing events means we avoid catastrophic events–dangerous for people…” were features/benefits your... Continue Reading
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Samsung Galaxy S4’s S Health: fitness tracker disruptor?
...3G Doctor, David Doherty, via LinkedIn’s mHealth group. ZDNet notes Samsung’s Knox software to separate personal and business use on one phone, along with SAFE for enterprises. And do read David Doherty, the 3G Doctor for a further dissection and projection of the S4’s capabilities in features like its camera, the humidity/temperature sensor, the aforementioned Air View/Gesture, the dual video, Smart Scroll for eye testing and even the recharging pad as particularly friendly to healthcare use — and users. Samsung takes S Health centre stage at Galaxy S4 launch and Will Samsung’s Smart Scroll turn the world upside down for... Continue Reading
A sensor to treat your aching back
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/thimblebioelectroncis.jpg” thumb_width=”150″ /]Wafer-thin sensors are popping up all over in wearables (Misfit Shine being the buzziest) but here’s one that could help that twinging knee or whingeing back. The Thimble patch uses a reasonably smart looking adhesive patch with a central sensor that delivers Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) to relieve pain. It will be controlled via Bluetooth by a smartphone app for pain tracking and management. CEO and developer Shaun Rahimi, a medical device designer, conceived of this as a way to deal with his own back and arm pain. Target date for release is later this year,... Continue Reading
Digital health and mitigating concussion
Neil Versel’s latest in Mobihealthnews is about the role of digital health in detecting concussion: the promising tablet-based neuromuscular assessment tool NeuroAssess developed by Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, the MC10/Reebok Sports Impact Indicator (a mesh skullcap connected to sensors) and the Battle Sports Science chin strap sensor. With Neil’s example of concussion in the National Hockey League (NHL), one wonders if this tough sport–along with soccer’s concussion possibility in ‘heading the ball’ –will join with the NFL in their research efforts. (We will not discuss the multiple hazards of rugby.) Also of note is the NIH ten-year... Continue Reading
Telecare and call system integration (Canada)
Telecare and sensor-based monitoring may now be occupying a smaller, quieter corner of the health tech boom, having been through its own hype curve, but worth noting is the story of Vigil Health Solutions of Vancouver BC Canada which has concentrated on sensor-based support of dementia patients living in assisted living ‘memory care’ areas, hybrid call systems and bed monitoring, hardwired systems, perimeter monitoring and resident check-in. Steve Moran’s interview with CEO Troy Griffiths touches on tech that looked like it met a need, but proved impractical; the need for unobtrusive assistance to improve the quality of life for residents... Continue Reading
Your Friday robot fix, plus two
...the body to build immunity. Could this open up fresh horizons on drug delivery? And with a wafer-thin transmitter, can monitor it? Polymer patches could replace needles and enable more effective DNA vaccines (GizMag) And finally the most amazing–a prosthesis mostly out of a 3D printer. A five-year-old boy, Liam, now has a workable hand with moveable fingers made using a Replicator 2 3D printer. The fingers are attached to a brace worn over the hand, and controlled via cables and return bungees. The designers who collaborated long distance from Washington state and South Africa, have also released the... Continue Reading
Apple patent application tips ‘smart shoe’
There are indications, with a patent application by Apple for a shoe that uses an embedded sensor to monitor wear [hmm!] that it is thinking about wearable tech for the future – which will inevitably mean at least a foray into health monitoring. Apple Patent Application Tips ‘Smart Shoe’ from PC Magazine. Thinking about wearable sensors and health starts us down the ‘Quantified Self‘ train of thought. Editor Steve only twigged recently [duh!] that this is an extremely geeky play on words referring not only to measuring one’s activity, but that ‘quantifying’ is something done by ‘quants‘ – “experts in... Continue Reading
Kinect’s deployment in physical therapy
...FDA to come down on Microsoft for ‘off-label use’ of its electronics. Microsoft Wants to Kinect with Pentagon (Defense News) Can the Kinect Help Heal Wounded Veterans? (MIT Technology News) Hat tip to Toni Bunting of TANN Ireland. UPDATE 16 Jan: Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) is also testing a Kinect-based rehabilitation program. This adds a smartphone-lined mobile sensor unit to measures vital signs such as pulse, oxygen saturation levels, and (where applicable) ECG/EKG readings. The physiotherapist sees this data in addition to the Kinect-based information and can tailor therapy to avoid dangerous levels of stress. Gizmag.... Continue Reading
Reader’s request: Telecare suggestions (UK)
...cushion as it will be removed. It would need to be accessible so that the sensor(s) can be removed and cleaned. All wires and transmitters will also need to be hidden or remote as, if visible, they would be damaged. If the individual becomes distressed the first indication of this is that they start to tip over furniture. Is anyone aware of ways that we could use sensors (accelerometers, I assume) that would be able to detect if the furniture is turned over? Any ideas about standalone, integrated solutions or possible suppliers would be very welcome.” Leave suggestions in comments... Continue Reading
Tele-epilepsy and remote seizure monitoring (Netherlands)
...for Fold Telecare for their service in the Republic of Ireland. The earlier study showed poor performance of bed epilepsy sensors in identifying tonic clonic seizures - though there was a clear need for further work in relation to the movement algorithms, sensitivity settings and time delays. The latter study indicated real (day to day) benefits of bed epilepsy sensors for people with seizures (enabling help, avoiding SUDEP, etc.) and their carers (being able to sleep in a separate room, with huge QoL gains, rather than being on tenterhooks in case the family member had a seizure without them knowing).... Continue Reading
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