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A sensor in bed monitors an elderly person

06.05.2007

British scientists have created a sensor system that allows you to monitor an elderly person. As the share of old people in the population of developed countries grows, which is caused both by improved medical care, and an increase in the standard of living, and a decrease in the birth rate, the task arises: to provide the elderly with a comfortable independent life and enable young relatives to monitor the health of their separately living loved ones. .

One version of such a system was created by scientists from the University of Southampton, led by professors Bashir al-Hashimi and David de Roor. Its basis is a wireless network of sensors embedded in a variety of home furnishings. These sensors will constantly monitor the surrounding space and record changes in the state of health. For example, a weight sensor built into the bed mattress detects the movements of the person lying on it.

Sensors in the bathroom and toilet will allow you to monitor the use of the bathroom and notice food-related problems in time. Heat sensors built into armchairs and chairs will be able to detect areas with elevated temperatures on the body - places of possible inflammation.

According to the authors of the development, in the next 12 months they will be able to mount a prototype of such a smart room, which is able to monitor the person in it. True, the question remains: can such a life be called independent?

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