MM-Wave at Home: Contextual Monitoring of Activities and Well-being

该项目旨在引入一种新技术，允许近亲或护理人员远程监控他们所爱的人的健康状况，而不需要不方便的可穿戴设备或侵入式摄像头。现有的系统可以监测跌倒，或跟踪一天中的活动，但这些都需要吊坠、奖章、智能手表或智能手机。这些设备需要充电，或者可能会丢失或遗忘。要真正可靠，该系统必须是不可穿戴的。诺登医疗公司将开发一种免费、安全、不需要摄像头或视频的可穿戴传感器。它将使用无害的无线电波，功率低于Wi-Fi路由器或手机，来创建一个家庭活动地图。虽然这张地图无法被人类识别（因此会保护一个人的隐私），但机载人工智能引擎将被训练来理解地图上显示的正在发生的事情。这将允许它通过应用程序询问居民是否还好，寻求帮助，或通知亲戚或护理人员。可穿戴式家庭护理监控已经成熟，可以颠覆智能家居市场。通过影响力扩展奖，诺登斯医疗将与NHS信托合作，探索在当地社区提供我们的家庭监控系统。NHS信托基金认识到，全球大流行使他们难以接触到他们所服务的人，因此正在寻找更有效的手段来确保他们的安全和保护他们的福祉。此扩展将支持一个试点，该试点将允许社区成员从这种最先进的可穿戴式监控解决方案中受益。

This project is aimed at introducing a new technology to allow close relatives or carers to remotely monitor the wellbeing of their loved-ones, without the need for inconvenient wearables or intrusive cameras.Existing systems can monitor for falls, or track activities over the course of a day, but these require pendants, medallions, smart watches, or smart phones. These devices require charging, or may get lost or forgotten. To truly be reliable the system must be wearable-free.NodeNs Medical will develop a sensor that is wearable free, safe, and does not require cameras or video. It will use harmless radio waves at powers lower than a Wi-Fi router or mobile phone, to create a map of activities in the home. While this map is not recognisable to humans (and thus will preserve one's privacy), an on-board artificial intelligence engine will be trained to understand what the map shows is happening. This will allow it to ask the resident if they are okay, call for help, or notify a relative or carer through an app. Wearable-free home care monitoring is ripe to disrupt the smart home market.Through an Extension for Impact award, NodeNs Medical will work with an NHS Trust to explore provision of our home monitoring system in a local community. The NHS Trust recognises that the global pandemic makes it difficult to reach the people they serve, and are therefore searching for more effective means of ensuring their safety and protecting their wellbeing. This Extension will support a pilot which will allow members of the community to benefit from this state-of-the-art wearable-free monitoring solution.