Fall Detection
Our Rethinking Aging Club Podcast episode on December 18, 2025 provided project updates from our community. Dr. Tom Adler introduced Bide, a bedside innovation designed to reduce nighttime falls, which cost the UK’s NHS £4.4 billion annually. Bide uses light and personalized voice messages to help users when they get up during the night, showing…
In our second Caregiver-Friendly Products episode this November, we featured innovators bringing meaningful support to families navigating dementia care, including community and peer-based programs as well as music-driven therapeutic connection. We also highlighted stylish personal emergency response technologies designed to help older adults live independently with confidence and dignity. This episode continued our recognition of…
This was our fifth CES 2025 Highlights show. Steve Ewell, CTA Foundation Executive Director spoke about Costin’s CTA Foundation 2025 Innovation Challenge win. Austin Isburgh from Kami Vision introduced their fall detection AI technology, which uses cameras to detect falls and prevent them. The B2C product costs $100 for the camera and $45/month for the…
Recorded on May 23, 2023, this episode is part of the Smart Home Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance. Eric Smith, Founder and CTO OliverIQ Smart Home as a Service (SHaaS) platform allows consumers to unite, control and automate devices from any manufacturer, using any RF technology, in a single app. Eric…
In this episode, we heard from Janice Chia, head of the Ageing Asia Innovation Forum annual event where the theme for 2024 was “Redefining Care – Activating Communities of the Future.” Some of the real solutions exhibiting at the show are McLean (providing ways through which aging adults can receive the care they need even…
This episode’s discussion features innovations from exhibitors in the pavilion from the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP at this year’s 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) including a newly approved hearing aid, a real-time AI support speech aid for those with compromised voice quality, fall detection via high-frequency radar, and secure digital storage for safekeeping of valuables.…
Our Part 2 AgeTech in Japan episode recorded live in Japan features leaders discussing prevention-focused design, startup support, market-entry pathways, fall-prevention innovation, and frontline perspectives on aging, caregiving, and technology adoption. Stephen Johnston introduced “primordial prevention” – designing environments (parks, walkable shops, neighborhood networks) so that healthy aging and brain health happen “by default,” not…
In this Project Updates episode several of our participants were exhibitors or enthusiastic attendees of CES 2023. Laura Powell from Neocis Dental Robotics presented Yomi, an FDA-cleared robotic system for dental surgery, highlighting its benefits in minimizing invasive procedures and improving patient outcomes. Ken Deering from iGuard Home Solutions introduced a device that prevents kitchen…
We were very pleased to feature Hon Pak MD, SVP, Samsung Electronics. The concept for this episode was to discuss the importance of establishing baselines of health numbers so that we will have them when there is an incident. The discussion migrated to how tech can help with monitoring health. Dr. Pak detailed how wearables…
Fall Prevention, Cost of Care, Caregiver Support, Life Expectancy Gap Between Men and Women 11-21-23
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon, and Debbie Howard Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed, followed by Debbie’s summary of this show. Presented by Dr. Zalan Alam, MBBS, FRCGP GP Partner, Clinical Director IMC iNewsTV 9-12-23 Nobi Smart Lamps Help Prevent Falls by Paul Gallagher https://inews.co.uk/news/health/ai-smart-lamps-preventing-falls-keep-people-out-hospital-2604328 Presented by Ellen Khalifa, Tiny…
