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Smart Aging in the United States
Daniel Castro@castrotech
3rd International Spring of Life ConferenceOctober 2, 2015
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Smart devices are allowing older adults with chronic conditions to improve:
- Safety- Independence- Convenience
These involve mainstream consumer devices, government projects, and specialized devices for long-term care.
SMART DEVICES FOR AN AGING POPULATION
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SAFETY
Wearable fitness monitors like the Apple Watch allow health care providers to remotely monitor the health of patients.
Researchers are investigating how to use data from these devices to detect depression, sleep disorders, and other present or impending illnesses.
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SAFETY
University of Utah electrical engineers have developed a network of wireless sensors that can detect a person falling.
One in three older adults falls each year. In 2010, this accounted for 2.3 million visits to emergency rooms and $30 billion in medical costs.
A 2008 study showed 80 percent of elderly adults who owned call buttons did not use the device when they had a serious fall.
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SAFETY
Researchers at Columbia University, the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, have developed software that can correctly differentiate between patients at risk of developing psychosis and those not at risk, with 100 percent accuracy, by analyzing their speech.
Similar research on Parkinson’s.
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INDEPENDENCE
Vitality GlowCaps are smart pill bottles that remind patients to take their medication with escalating reminders that include flashing lights, audio reminders, SMS messages, and phone calls.
The United States spends $100 billion on health care expenses due to poor medication adherence.
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INDEPENDENCE
Engineers from Georgia Tech have developed Cody, a robotic nurse that is gentle enough to bathe elderly patients.
Cody has the ability to be operated by the patient and told what part of the body to clean, using a laser range finder and a camera.
Other experimental robots can act as a butler or cook for patients in the home.
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INDEPENDENCE
Lively is a system composed of activity sensorsplaced on objects around the home that monitors the daily behavior of an individual living alone.
Sensors may be placed on a refrigerator door, a pill box, and car keys to collect data on an individual’s eating, medication, and sleep habits.
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CONVENIENCE
Oregon State University has installed parking sensors for all accessible parking spots.
Using a free smartphone application called Parker, the new system gives motorists real-time information and availability for accessible parking spaces in select areas throughout campus.
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CONVENIENCE
San Francisco Airport is testing out 300 location-aware beacons to help visually-impaired people navigate its newest terminal.
For the visually impaired, the system uses Apple's Voiceover technology to read out points of interest as they come on screen.
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CONVENIENCE
Products like LeChal and SuperShoes can wirelessly connect to a user’s smartphone’s navigation app and detect when a step is taken to notify the wearer about directions, such as by vibrating the left shoe when it is time to turn left.
This technology is particularly useful for those who can neither see nor hear and thus cannot rely on audio directions to get where they are going.
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CONVENIENCE
The Amazon Echo is a smart device that acts as a hands-free virtual assistant in the home.
Microsoft Kinect allows users to control a computer with gestures.
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CONVENIENCE
The home automation company Nest Labs produces thermostats, smoke and carbon dioxide detectors, and security cameras. The company’s products use sensors to learn automatically about its users’ habits and make adjustments accordingly.
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SMART AGING REQUIRES GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
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