We invite readers to scour the product list of the two-person, previously unheard of, French telecare company Birdy Technology for whatever value Swedish telecom Doro saw in it that we can’t see: http://www.birdy-technology.com/ [noisy flash website alert] When you navigate… Read moreDoro buys tiny French telecare company for €1.29 million
If you end up caring for an aged parent at home and your garden is bigger than your living room [Socialism: Relax, it could be coming to your living room], the telecare-equipped MedCottage may be an answer. Pop-up ‘MedCottage’ enables… Read morePop-up ‘MedCottage’ enables care at home (US)
With so many Americans hung up on the word ‘socialism’ (apparently defined as anything that whiffs of Governmental spending that benefits someone else) the title of this essay by Janis Jaquith in The Hook caught a lot of people’s attention,… Read moreSocialism: Relax, it could be coming to your living room (US)
Continua’s 2011 version of its guidelines are now available. New features include: Bluetooth Low Energy temperatures sensor device profile. ZigBee networking functionality extended to enable a single Sensor-Local Area Network (Sensor-LAN) device to communicate with multiple Application Hosting Devices at… Read moreContinua Health Alliance releases 2011 Design Guidelines
Kent-based Invicta Telecare celebrated its silver anniversary (25 years in the alarms and telecare monitoring business) with staff coming to work in silver. Readers may find the statistics in the press release interesting.
Yet another competition, with quite an attractive prize (just make sure that you retain your intellectual property if you enter). The winner would have a USD $25,000 incubation program managed by a multi-disciplinary team of experts ranging from doctors, medical-legal… Read moreCould you be a (non-Bosch) Health HERO?
On the market in Japan this month, the Mi-Look device by Kyocera is aimed at older people and their carers and is a pedomoter, a mobile phone, a personal alarm, an in-house activity monitor and an earthquake monitor combined. Description… Read moreMi-Look: Kyocera's multifunction device (Japan)
Normally we don’t report on small-scale research grants, but the combination in this study is very interesting: AFrame Digital’s ‘wristwatch’ form which monitors motion and location for fall reduction/detection, the University of Virginia’s Center for Wireless Health and the expansion… Read moreAFrame Digital gains second round of NIH research funding
