Before the Fall: How Movement Data Keeps Older People Independent – We Talk IoT #91

When an older person falls at home, help often arrives late. A broken leg can end independent living for good, and care outside the home costs well over €10,000 a year per person. Detecting the fall is only the start. The harder question is whether technology can spot the warning signs earlier.

Christophe Arnaud, CEO of Telecom Design, explains how the Bordeaux company’s wristband raises an alarm via a home hub and a call centre. He describes how gait analysis and months of activity data build a personal movement profile, why the battery has to last three years, and why the company hired a doctor to check that the data matches real life.

The second half of the episode turns to home security. Jammers costing a few euros can silence wireless alarms, door sensors and outdoor cameras at the push of a button.

#AgeTech #Telecare #FallDetection #SmartHome #IoT #WeTalkIoT

Summary of this week’s episode:

01:34 From a corporate career to telecare and home security

02:33 The Vibby Oak: from fall detection to fall prevention

05:47 Why detecting a fall is harder than it looks

06:36 Home security and jammers: the second business

08:11 Who pays: telecare providers, the Red Cross and families

10:54 Gait analysis: spotting a decline before a fall

14:26 Three years on one battery: what runs on the wrist and in the cloud

17:33 The business case: what a fall that never happens is worth

20:38 From data to KPIs, and why a doctor joined the team

24:22 Technology from the 1990s: the industry’s slow upgrade

26:55 Jammers for a few euros: how burglars blind wireless alarms

29:12 Jam detection: alerting the call centre anyway

Show notes:

Christophe Arnaud: linkedin.com/in/christophearnaud

Telecom Design: telecom-design.com

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