5 Things You Can Do to Stay Safe and Healthy While Aging in Place
Harry Cline According to a new survey conducted by AARP, 77 percent of seniors wish to stay in their current residences as they grow older…
Robotic Mobilization Device
Robotic Mobilization Tek RMD is the world’s smallest motorized standing movement device: 36 cm wide and 62 cm long. With these dimensions it covers only…
Robot Folding Towels
As most of our readers know AIPatHome is fascinated with the development of robots that could one day help people age in place. This one…
HAL: Hybrid Assistive Limb
Video: First Person in US to try the HAL Suit (see below) More feedback back on The Community is Walkable, Are You? prompted this look…
Kompai Robot To Help With Independent Living
AIPatHome.com is always on the lookout for breakthrough assistive technologies. The Kompai Robot is new and has a decidedly French twist because it was designed…
Contact Lens That Monitors Your Health
Imagine: a glucose monitor for diabetics directly on the eye. Cholesterol checking or infection detection. Blood screening available anytime. Even a computer display. That's the vision of Babak Parvis, innovation professor from the University of Washington.
Is Consumer Health IT Catching On?
A new national survey conducted by Lake Research Partners for the California HealthCare Foundation looks at who is using personal health records (PHR) and other health…
In-Home Telehealth Study Launched By Mayo Clinic, GE, Intel
During the year-long study 200 high-risk patients over the age of 60 with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart failure, lung disease, will use a medical monitoring device to take their vitals: blood pressure, weight, sugar levels and peak air flow. This information is collected in a central database at the Mayo Clinic where the patient's primary medical team will have secure web access. Clinicians will also be able to use the videoconferencing system to observe and communicate with their patients.