Technologies and Programs Mentioned at Avenidas Tech Faire - 01/16/2016
https://www.avenidas.org/activities/conferences-events/tech-faire

1. SingFit
2. Sword Health
3. Hip Protection for Older Adults Using Wearable Airbags
4. Tech-enhanced Life - A virtual community seeking tools for better aging

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1. SingFit

Designed by certified music therapists, SingFit PRIME offers a therapeutic
music program for patients with dementia to stimulate their cognitive and
physical abilities and improve their mood through group sing-alongs. Patients
at senior facilities can sing along to more than 200 songs from classic
artists including Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, and Tony Bennett from the
SingFit iPad app. In addition to music, the program incorporates movement and
trivia to keep patients focused and engaged.

SingFit website:
http://singfit.com

Related:
Everyday Health Awards for Innovation Winners 2015 (CES 2015)
http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/awards

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2. Sword Health

SWORD Phoenix is the first digital therapy solution that addresses the
growing demand for motor rehabilitation therapy while reducing costs,
empowering patients with their recovery and providing a rich source of data
for clinical teams and decision makers.

Small, lightweight, high-precision motion trackers that acquire and digitize
the motion of the patient and communicate wirelessly with the Phoenix App.

Sword Health Website:
http://swordhealth.com/web

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3. Hip Protection for Older Adults Using Wearable Airbags

"We first set out on a mission to determine fall-risk factors, in order to
identify those patients at a 15% or greater statistical probability of
breaking their hip.  We then developed a methodology using 3D motion sensors
to determine the stereotypical motions and accelerations that govern our
normal, daily activities, in order to determine ‘departures’ from what is
allowable.  This simple-to-understand technique, called “fall
disambiguation”, allows us to determine falls with unprecedented accuracy. 
It allows us to determine falls prior to impact, giving us the ability to
intervene by deploying micro-airbag protection.  We’ve demonstrated the
ability to reduce impact force by 90% with our garments, which will provide
an unprecedented level of hip protection." 

"We will use 'fall disambiguation' in our smart garments to transform how we
protect our elderly at Long-Term–Care facilities, during post-operative
rehabilitation at home, as well as any patient with a greater than 15%
probability of breaking their hip who would like to continue to age-in-place.
Our methodology also revolutionizes fall detection accuracy of traditional
PERS medical alert monitors.  At ActiveProtective, we will change the way we
care for our independent elderly, and make hip fractures a preventable
condition."

ActiveProtective website:
http://activeprotective.com

Links:
ActiveProtective Airbag Belt to Protect Hips from Fractures
http://www.medgadget.com/2014/08/activeprotective-airbag-belt-to-protect-hips-from-fractures.html

ActiveProtect Smart Garments to Defend Elderly from Falls
http://www.medgadget.com/2013/10/activeprotect-smart-garments-to-protect-the-elderly-from-falls-interview.html

TEDMED 2014 - Drew Lakatos (video 5:48)
https://youtu.be/jhJzvg7AEjs

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4. Tech-enhanced Life - A virtual community seeking tools for better aging

The specific public benefit purpose of Tech-enhanced Life is to improve the
quality of life of the aging and their families.

As a first step in accomplishing this mission we are building a virtual,
collaborative community (the Longevity Explorers) to identify, trial, review,
and evaluate better solutions to overcoming the challenges that come with
growing older.

The nucleus of our community is a group of technology entrepreneurs,
executives from the healthcare and aging services industries, clinicians and
caregivers, and a growing number of discussion circles of older adults. We
are based in Silicon Valley, but aspire to become a global community that can
make a real impact on the quality of life of aging people around the world.

The Longevity Explorers are a group of citizen observers, evaluators & makers
working together to improve the quality of life of people as they age. Our
goals are to harness the power of the crowd to create insights that seniors
and their families can use today to improve their quality of life. Our longer
term goal is to create new products and services that will change the future
of aging.

Explorer Circles are the key “problem defining” portion of the Longevity
Explorers. They consist of small groups (5-20) of people, who come together
to help improve the quality of life of seniors through focused, moderated
discussion of aging-related problems.

Tech-enhanced Life Website:
http://www.techenhancedlife.com