Author : S. Jeyadevan 1
Date of Publication :30th November 2017
Abstract: Health care for the elderly is one of the promising application fields of IoT. Among them, detecting and preventing indoor heatstroke conditions is a crucial issue. We propose a method for monitoring the indoor environment, detecting any risky conditions, and then effectively warning them to the elderly. Since elderly people have different physical weaknesses such as low vision and poor hearing, we designed and developed a system for alerting the elderly through multi-sensory information presentation. It can convey risky situations to the elderly via visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli.
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