smart health connected objects against Alzheimer's?

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Many electronic device manufacturers have been seen to have a close or distant interest in the medical sector. Perhaps the most notable initiative right now is the partnership between Novartis and Google for lenses that can measure blood sugar. But people with Alzheimer's may also soon see specific smart health connected objects arriving …

In France, it is estimated that around 900,000 people suffer from this terrible degenerative disease which causes the gradual decline in memory. Faced with this, there are very few effective solutions today, and it is extremely difficult for those close to the person with Alzheimer's to control their movements and activities. Over the past year, we have seen several initiatives in smart health connected objects to help people with Alzheimer's, we decided to share them with you here.

If we are far from the great number smart health connected objects already available for diabetics, we saw some fairly intelligent devices that could really help caregivers in their daily work. If the giant Toshiba and its new smart health connected bracelet Silmee W20 and W21 (announced at the beginning of the month in Japan) really want to be intended for medical use, and particularly for GPS tracking of patients, most of the objects smart health connected for Alzheimer were imagined by small entrepreneurs or organizations. It would not be surprising to see another tech giant taking an interest in it in the coming years, especially when you know that around 100 million people worldwide suffer from memory problems …

The glasses smart health connected to recall the memory?

The first of these initiatives is led by a group of researchers in Singapore from the Research Institute Infocomm, a subsidiary of the Singaporean national agency for science, technology and research. This one wants to develop a application for Google smart health connected glasses (Glass) to superimpose the name of a known face on a natural person, possibly forgotten due to memory failure. The wearer of the frame could immediately identify a face that he did not recognize. As explains researcher Xu Qianli at the origin of the project, these glasses would also be able to remind patient when to take medication, or when he has a task in his calendar.

Below, an explanatory ehealth of the project by the BBC:

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An iPad application for interactions with family and friends

This idea is reminiscent of the free iPad app called GreyMatters which creates better interaction between the person with Alzheimer's and those around them. You can upload photos (or take photos) and associate them vocally (or verbatim) with a person. Developed by an American who saw her grandmother fall into dementia, GreyMatters was originally a graduation project. You can find the official website here, as well as a ehealth presentation in English below.

The Medissimo Made in France pill box

So that people with Alzheimer's do not forget to take medication, nothing better than a smart pill box like what offers French Medissimo with iMedipac. If the person forgets to take a pill, an audible and light alarm will be issued. People around them can also request notifications on their smartphones (using an iOS and Android mobile application) when the medication has not been taken.

Headphones to stimulate the brain

After raising more than $ 4 million, the Korean start-up Ybrain is now able to clinically Review its helmet intended to combat memory loss. Emitting electronic signals (non-harmful) at 2 milliamps, it aims to stimulate brain activity to counteract Alzheimer's symptoms. The helmet should be used for approximately 30 minutes a day and 5 days a week. Incubated in Samsung's medical research center in South Korea, the start-up says that clinical tests show that this smart health smart health connected object is 20 to 30% more effective than drug treatments for Alzheimer's.

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A smartwatch and a sole to serve as GPS

Clevercare is a start-up which literally comes from the other side of the world (New Zealand) and which has released a smart health smart health connected object which is specifically dedicated to dependent people. It is a smart health connected watch that is capable of locate the position of a person using an integrated GPS, but also to send him notifications (reminder for taking medication). In short, it is no more and no less than a fairly classic smartwatch with GPS like the Sony SmartWatch 3 (but not one Fitbit Charge) – who, by the way, can do even a little more. Clevercare stands out only in that you can create safety zones to control the movement of the person with Alzheimer's. It is currently only available in New Zealand.

On the same principle, there is also a smart health connected soleplate which directly integrates a satellite GPS and which makes it possible to monitoring the movements of a person with memory impairment. Called GPS SmartSoles, they were developed by an American start-up. The concierge service offering real-time assistance to these people (if the entourage is not available immediately) is only available in the United States, it is a shame. The sole is available in some European countries, but not in France …

What about smart health connected socks?

The latest initiative, that of a 15-year-old American boy who created a smart health smart health connected object to allow his grandmother to better follow his grandfather's nocturnal movements. It is therefore a smart health connected sock with sensors which, smart health connected to a mobile application (which he himself developed) allows the grandmother to be notified by a sound when the grandfather gets up from the bed. Kenneth Shinozuka's project was recognized at the Scientific American Science in Action Awards ceremony, and won him a $ 50,000 grant to finance the development of the project.

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If you know of other smart health smart health connected object projects around Alzheimer's, don't hesitate to share them!

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