Stay Free – Thermo Control

Product material inspiration right here:

Not sure what type of material they are using exactly, but if it is possible for pads, why not for diapers as well?

 

Science-Inspired Design: Nudging Medication Intake Behaviour

*** Please watch from 7:30 ***

A TED video by French artist Mathieu Lehanneur. It’s still just a concept but the basic idea is to have the “orb” get sicker as the patient neglects to take her medicine.

The boy…has asthma. His asthma medicine is in that light-bulb looking thing on the night table. I think it is a kind of inhaler.

If the boy doesn’t take his medicine on time, the inhaler will change color “displaying its own physiological problem and indicating to the patient the urgency of taking the medication.”

In other words, the device “gets sick” if the boy doesn’t use it. And when he does, it gets better (and so does he!) This design taps into our desire to help others feel better. Clever, no?

Source: Nudge

A great way to build an emotional relationship between the patient and the medication. I also love the idea of flipping the position – from the boy needing the medication, it flips to the medication needing the boy. That’s amazing.

Vodaphone – Creating Perceptive Spaces

Vodafone is coordinating Persona, a European Commission-funded project, for which a number of pilots have already been completed. It comprises a consortium of academic, medical, and private technology organisations in Europe tasked with developing a range of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies that help disabled and senior citizens to live in their homes for longer.

Some of the features in this service is what I envision the Monitoring system to include for our project. Maybe more simplified but the idea is basically the same – to allow AD patients to live in their own home environment as long as possible.

SMS Mirror Concept

Robert Stadler’s concept “+336+mirror”, reveals messages received on your cellphone via SMS.

Get close enough tot he mirror and you see that text shining at you, jarring your reverie with its urgent news, good or bad. [via Gizmodo]

Could this type of technology be used to communicate with patients (non-AD) or caregivers to give the the “support of the day” type of message?