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Smart Carpet Can Help Seniors Who Fall and Can't Get Up

Yes, the Life Alert slogan is cliche, but how can you avoid it when talking about a "smart carpet" that can assist the elderly when they fall? The carpet is the brainchild of researchers at the University of Missouri, and it has the capability to electronically monitor a senior's location and sound an alert in the event of a fall. This is made possible using a new sensor that can be printed on thin, flexible sheets using equally flexible and inexpensive "organic ink." More »

8:10 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,430 views, 40 comments

Latest by soldstatic: by the way, another really good use for this system is monitoring the senior BEFORE they fall, and even after. At the lab we're working on another easier to install sensor to accomplish the same thing, but we're trying to more »