Sheets of sensors
February 1st, 2008 by rbanks
Magic Carpet Ride: Smart Carpet Can Help Seniors Who Fall and Can’t Get Up
“These organic Ink sensors can be utilized in the thousands on a sheet layered between a room’s carpet and carpet pad. Currently, the researchers are working on a system that would feed the data collected by the sensors to a computer for display and electronic analysis. Caregivers could then use this information to determine whether or not the elderly individual was in danger. If all goes well, the device could be used in real world testing scenarios inside two years.”
Gizmodo
