Health tech has been a major theme at this week’s CES 2020 in Las Vegas, where there have been many innovative – and unexpected – offshoots in the sector. This week, we covered the explosion of femtech (technology for female health); today we uncover another hidden gem of the future: smart home health tech.
When SmartEnergy surveyed 5000 people late last year about smart home technologies and their perceptions, they came up with a surprise finding: 34,6% of respondents said they like smart home tech for the “cool” factor, which is much higher than saving money on electricity, at 20%, and improving security, at 16%.
Let’s look at how cool it got at CES.
Vayyar Imaging, a leader in imaging and object mapping technology, is showcasing Vayyar Home, a device that detects when one is standing, sitting for too long, or even if someone has fallen in a household. It has integrated another of its products, Walabot Home fall detection, to make this possible.
The device is seen as a non-invasive form of health tracking, that does not require wearables or buttons to track health. Best of all: it works without a camera so users don’t have to worry about being watched or recorded, as with smart speakers.
Vayyar Home’s health features include monitoring activity, sleep and breathing, sending an alarm in case an anomaly is detected. It also works when users aren’t home, by monitoring for intruders.
Its intelligent sensors monitor location, posture, and vital signs, enabling behavioural monitoring such as time spent at rest, in and out of bed, nocturnal roaming, and restroom visits. Trends are detected. This allows for pre-emptive predictions of health conditions like urinary tract infections (UTI), dementia, and disorders like sleep apnea, and psychological ailments like loneliness.
“Our fall detection product is protecting thousands of seniors every day, but that’s only the beginning,” says Ofer Familier, general manager of Vayyar Home. “Now, we can turn any room into a smart room, caring for people inside out. Vayyar Home is like living with a doctor and a security guard rolled into one.”
Vayyar can be found at booth #41161 at the Sands Expo at the Consumer Electronics Show 2020 in Las Vegas
Visit the next page to read about virtual caretakers, nano gas monitoring solutions, and a foldable treadmill.
Now that falls are being detected, a virtual caregiver is in order.
Enter the new Addison Care by Electronic Caregiver. It is an IoT-connected residential health solution that is capable of chronic care management, including monitoring of patients, behavioural health, and rehabilitation support.
The Addison Care device sets up within minutes in one’s home. It makes use of multiple touch screens networked together with far-field microphones, health peripherals, high-quality sound, and RealSense Intel depth cameras. It includes a voice-powered 3D Virtual Caregiver named Addison, displayed inside interactive, dynamic 3D scenes. “She” can perform demonstrations, conduct patient assessments and work with objects inside her environment.
Addison first debuted as a prototype at CES 2019 and demonstrated some impressive capabilities, like collecting vitals and making basic medication reminders. This year, Addison promises to demonstrate more capabilities coordinated with a production model debut, and managed by a fully functioning, highly secure, proprietary enterprise platform that is already serving patients in the USA.
This year at CES, Electronic Caregiver has debuted new features Addison offers for health practices to manage in-office patient assessments, intake and outtake procedures. The company is also showing off a new clinical-based, motion analysis solution.
“CES 2020 is a pivotal debut for us,” says Electronic Caregiver CEO Anthony Dohrmann. “Addison is now market ready. She monitors vitals through six connected health devices. Her scenes are more capable, dynamic and fluid. Her voice capabilities are dramatically enhanced. The entire user experience has seen a 100-fold improvement. We’ve added features for child patients, chronic care patients, behavioural health, rehabilitation, and full-network integration with health providers. One of the most exciting Virtual Assistant features Addison presents at CES is the integration of Amazon Alexa.”
Dohrmann explained the difference between Addison Care and traditional apps and telehealth. Older adults find thumbing through menus and small screens a burden, and somewhat confusing. Rather than having to reach out and navigate the technology, with Addison, the technology reaches out to you, walking you through every step of interaction, patient assessment and treatment routine.
Addison has also added gamification, education support for caregivers, and provides connectivity for family members, providers and professional caregivers. As far as telehealth, Addison does provide telehealth connectivity standard, but fills the additional gaps in care by providing extended 24/7 support, assessment and monitoring.
The Addison Care booth can be found at Sands Convention Center Halls A-D – 42142.
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Now for a device that monitors for hazardous gas at a parts per billion level.
At CES 2020, AerNos is showcasing a nano gas sensor that is targeted at smart home users. Applications for AerNos’s Smart Home gas sensor module range from automating air cleansing in smart air purification units, ventilation and HVAC systems to air quality alerts for consumers from Smart Home products.
AerNos nano gas sensor products utilise a tiny sensor array to detect multiple gases simultaneously to parts per billion (ppb) levels for indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring, hazardous gas detection and other e-nose applications. Today, air quality monitoring in the home is limited by performance, size and cost issues of existing gas sensors. AerNos’s game-changing sensors enable customers to address specific Smart Home applications with a single sensor module or product.
Invisible gases in the home, including Ozone, Formaldehyde, Ammonia and VOCs, can cause short-term and long-term health effects. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, for many people the risks to health from indoor air can be greater than outdoor air because indoor air can be more seriously polluted, and people spend 90% of their time inside. More and more Smart Home products are being developed to enable consumers to decrease exposure to indoor pollutants in order to improve health and wellness. This has dramatically increased the demand for small, sensitive, cost-effective multi-gas sensors.
AerNos multi-gas sensors are customisable for specific gases and applications and are available for order. In addition to Ozone and Formaldehyde, AerNos multi-gas sensor capabilities include Ammonia, NO2, and TVOCs.
“We are thrilled to be back at CES, exhibiting and speaking alongside world leaders in Smart Home technology,” says Sundip R. Doshi, founder and CEO of AerNos. “In the coming years Smart Homes are going to have a revolutionary impact on human health and we could not be more proud of the role that we are playing bringing air quality monitoring to Smart Home IoT products and enabling consumers to know what’s in their air.”
AerNos is at CES 2020 at the Sands Expo Booth 42137 in Las Vegas.
Read more about a foldable treadmill.
For those readers who want to start their fitness journies at home, Huami has unveiled the Amazfit HomeStudio during its keynote at CES.
Amazfit HomeStudio is a connected fitness treadmill paired with a 43” HD screen, called the Glass, and surround sound JBL speakers to provide an immersive and highly personal fitness experience. It comes as a partnership with Studio, a fitness entertainment brand that offers virtual classes. Amazfit HomeStudio utilises AI-powered computer vision to detect and help correct posture and positioning of users.
The device can be paired with a regular treadmill or Amazfit’s AirRun foldable treadmill, which was also unveiled during a keynote at CES. The new treadmill uses salt belt technology to make runs more comfortable. Because it’s foldable and portable, one can move the treadmill and Glass around the house.
With the screen connected into Studio’s classes, the Glass can access a studio experience in the home. The service offers over 1,000 classes across treadmill, sculpt, stretch, and yoga. With Amazfit HomeStudio’s connected treadmill, participants get the full cardio experience.
“At the end of 2019, Huami defined a new mission: Connect Health with Technology. STUDIO’s passion for fitness has proven to be a perfect match,” says Wang Huang, chairman and CEO of Huami. “We want to bring the latest in fitness to our users, through products and services they can count on. That’s what Huami Amazfit is bringing to the new decade – cutting-edge innovation in health technology.”
Huami provided the following specs:
- Immersive 43 Inch Premium 1080P HD Smart Glass Screen
- 3 Premium 20W JBL Speakers (2 on treadmill, 1 on Glass)
- HomeStudio premium Treadmill – 12 MPH Slat Belt Technology and 20 inch wide and 53 inches long running surface
- Amazfit AirRun – 9 MPH and Foldable
- 3D TOF Camera For Computer Vision Detection