为想待在家中老年人设计的全新可穿戴设备

2014-03-07 苏珊·扬 (Susan Young) 科技评论

麻省理工学院老年研究中心(MIT AgeLab)主任约瑟夫·库格林(Joseph Coughlin)说,帮助老年顾客维持独立生活方式的产品,将他们与其成年子女或其他看护者相连,这类产品或许能获得巨大的市场。 最新的可穿戴设备可不是为健身狂热者或人生日记者们准备的,而是为想待在家中的老年人设计。今年晚些时候,佛罗里达的“保健预测”(CarePredict) 初创公司将开始装

麻省理工学院老年研究中心(MIT AgeLab)主任约瑟夫·库格林(Joseph Coughlin)说,帮助老年顾客维持独立生活方式的产品,将他们与其成年子女或其他看护者相连,这类产品或许能获得巨大的市场。



最新的可穿戴设备可不是为健身狂热者或人生日记者们准备的,而是为想待在家中的老年人设计。今年晚些时候,佛罗里达的“保健预测”(CarePredict) 初创公司将开始装运其第一批可穿戴式跟踪系统,该系统旨在帮助亲属和其他看护人员监测老年人的活动,来寻找严重健康问题的早期迹象。该系统包括戴在手腕上和粘在家中墙上的传感器,以便在不同的房间跟踪老年人的活动,并向人警示任何可疑的变化。

当许多智能手表、健身跟踪器,和其他可穿戴设备的出品公司在向活跃、健康的顾客极力推销时,一些开发商看到了针对拥有特定健康隐患人群的市场潜力,包括与衰老相关的健康下降。麻省理工老年研究中心(MIT AgeLab)主任约瑟夫·库格林(Joseph Coughlin)说,帮助老年顾客维持独立生活方式的产品,将他们与其成年子女或其他看护者相连,这类产品或许能获得巨大的市场。在此目标下,许多团体都在研究诸如运动检测相机、地板内压力传感器和智能手表之类健康监测技术。

CarePredict系统在持续跟踪用户处于哪个房间时,监测着他们的运动和身体方向。“这并非一款给奶奶用的FitBit,”该公司的首席执行官兼创始人萨蒂什·莫瓦(Satish Movva)说。他提到的FitBit是一款以健身为目标的跟踪活动数据的设备。除了腕戴式的活动跟踪器,新系统还包括四个即剥即贴的活动探测器,来探测是否有人在厨房、浴室、卧室或客厅。这些信号台把跟踪数据发送给一个同样安装在家中的中心,该中心随后把这些数据上传到互联网上以便分析和存储。

莫瓦说,将位置信息加入活动数据是关键,“如果有人躺在卧室里,那他们大概是在睡觉。但如果有人躺在浴室里,那就可能是出了问题。”腕戴式的传感器可以检测手臂运动、身体姿势和步行速度。

当系统在一个家庭安装好之后,需要花七天时间来学习其用户的正常活动模式。如果系统后来检测到这些日常模式的变化,就会通过短信、电邮,或推送通知,将警报发送给指定的人。莫瓦说,希望诸如走路模式变慢之类微小变化,可以在摔倒之类严重事件发生之前被检测出。“当我们开始看到基础行动模式出现异常时,就可以进行干预了。”

库格林说,对于任何为老年人开发的新技术来说,挑战都在于让他们使用它。“通常,老年人接受用于管理、监测和激励的技术的速度慢到令人痛苦。”然而令人吃惊的是,这并不是可用性或费用造成的问题。他说,相反,“问题在于这项技术对于老年人自己来说意味着什么”——没有人愿意把自己视为虚弱无力的。库格林说,老年人需要动机,尤其是社会联系的因素,来放弃一些隐私,以换取健康跟踪的好处。“许多构思都在技术上命中了目标,但却丢掉了其他关键元素,包括时尚、乐趣,和朋友,”他说。

CarePredict一直试图解决时尚方面的问题。莫瓦开发这一系统前注意到,在他对父母的每周访问之间,父母的健康可能会经历巨大改变。他说,如果他能及时得知父母的行为变化,就能更好地处理他们的健康隐患。但他母亲告诉他,她不会佩戴健康跟踪设备,“除非它看起来不错”。因此,一个腕戴式设备的版本的设计图纸看上去就像一串时尚的串珠手链。该公司还计划创建一个类似于标准男士手表的可穿戴设备。

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