Carnegie Mellon Engineers Develop Fall-Prevention Sensors
From: Wireless Design - 05/27/2016

Two researchers, Associate Research Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering Pei Zhang and Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering Haeyoung Noh, are currently developing an active fall-prevention
sensors for both senior care facilities and private homes that can determine
both who is in danger and where they are. Their technology monitors an
individual's gait and can send mobile alerts not only to nurses and
caregivers but also to the individual themselves if their gait changes
threateningly. While the goal is to anticipate and prevent falls, the
technology is programmed to immediately notify someone, which can include
emergency responders, should an individual experience a sudden fall—even if
the person is unconscious.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2016/05/carnegie-mellon-engineers-develop-fall-prevention-sensors

Links:
Pei Zhang
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~peizhang
https://www.cmu.edu/silicon-valley/faculty-staff/zhang-pei.html
https://www.cylab.cmu.edu/education/faculty/zhang-p.html

Haeyoung Noh
https://www.cmu.edu/cee/people/faculty/noh.html
http://faculty.ce.cmu.edu/noh

Sensors could help prevent falls
http://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/technology-developments/sensors-could-help-prevent-falls/article/490617

Families Crave Better Fall Prevention in Assisted Living
http://seniorhousingnews.com/2016/04/13/families-crave-better-fall-prevention-in-assisted-living

Sensing the Physical Environment: Preventing Falls in the Elderly (video 3:01)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjf9nvWcyBI