Sensors for Seniors
From: Communications of the ACM - 12/2014
By: Keith Kilpatrick

Technology is now being deployed that helps elderly people maintain their
independence, while also providing peace of mind to loved ones who want to
check in with them in a non-intrusive manner. Several companies have
developed systems that use data fed from sensors located in the home to track
seniors' activity patterns, which can then be used to diagnose if something
is out of the ordinary.

Read the entire article and view a video (2:49) at:
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/12/180784-sensors-for-seniors/fulltext

Links:
Informed Decision Making for In-home Use of Motion Sensor-based Monitoring Technologies
http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/3/317.full.pdf+html

Will Activity Sensors in the Home Help Mom? 
http://www.geritech.org/2013/05/will-activity-sensors-in-home-help-mom.html

Nonna Lea and a robot called Mr. Robin (video 3:58)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pTPrA9nH6E

Home sensors enable seniors to live independently (video 2:48)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCixWY3eaOc

Submitted by Paul Berry