Category: Projects
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Updates on Alzheimer’s Project Software
Over the past year, the Technology Helping People team has been working hard on the software of the Alzheimer’s project.The software can be split into three components: The device’s firmware, the middleware server, and the iPhone app. The Device’s Firmware The device runs a customized version of the open source operating system FreeRTOS, with benefits…
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Updates on Alzheimer’s Project Hardware
Over the last couple of months, the Technology Helping People team has been hard at work designing and refining the hardware for the Alzheimer’s project. After working through multiple prototype iterations, we had designed a final product and sent the schematics away for circuit board creation. The final design is powered by an ESP32 chip…
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Alzheimer’s Mobility Project
Resolving the challenge to providing mobility safely for elderly suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia using AI and wearable technologies. Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia both affect the memory of those with this condition. People with this condition lose the ability to remember locations, landmarks and people. There is an opportunity with AI to create tools that…