Tag Archive: sensors

Remote Healthcare Monitors In The Works

In an article  for Health Futures Digest, David Ellis reports on the following remote monitoring devices, among other advances of computing, materials and implants, developed for better healthcare: Digestible Computer Silicon Valley start-up company Proteus Biomedical is testing a digestible chip that can be attached to pills, reports Don Clark for the Wall Street Journal….

How useful is a ‘PERS’ compared to a cell phone?

So let’s say you live in an isolated location, leave the house to go out to a garage or walk the dog, how useful is a PERS (Personal Emergency Response System) pendant or watch?

Top Ten Intriguing Electronics for Aging in Place

AIPatHome.com Tech Advisor Laurie Orlov attended the 2009 Consumer Electronic Show and identified 10 products as having an interesting appeal to the boomer and beyond market.

Using Motion Sensors To Stay In Your Home Longer

Motion sensors are the latest attempt to meet the demand that seniors make again and again — to stay at home, or at least out of the nursing home, for as long as possible. It’s an innovation with roots in Minnesota, which is home to one leading sensor company and an early testing ground for another.