Featured in the Lab
Photo by AGE-WELLLocated on the UNBC campus, our laboratory features innovative AgeTech from some of our partners. Book a lab tour or read more below!
By detecting human activities using built-in AI, the AltumView Sentinare 3 collects activity data, and send alerts when emergencies such as falls are detected. It uses converts people to stick figures, protecting privacy.
Amagami is a Japanese word for the charming gesture where pets and babies gently nibble your finger with their small teeth. Sadly, you need to harden your heart and scold them for this act. AMAGAMI HAM HAM frees you from this dilemma so that you may experience amagami without duty.
Best Buy Health Canada curates technology solutions to support their customers health and well-being goals through their Best Buy Healthy Homes program. Their solutions make it easy to manage care, safety, mobility, connection, and fun.
With accessible tablet technology, Care2Talk facilitates meaningful connection between HomeHospice residents and their families, healthcare providers, and grief supports.
Bide uses discrete sensors sensors which detect light and movement at night and then automatically play a recorded message from a loved one which gently reminds them of their whereabouts, which can help prevent falls.
MediSuivie’s CarePredict system can automatically compute older adults’ activities and provide advanced insights to long-term care staff or loved ones.
Centivizer’s 2RaceWithMe promotes physical exercise and social interaction, providing aging individuals and caregivers a new way to connect by pedaling through a collection of scenic video courses.
Dementia Resources for Eating, Activity, and Meaningful Interaction (DREAM), with a number of learning modules, educates and helps to meet needs of people with dementia and the communities around them.
Just Vertical can offer residents of long-term care homes with an indoor gardening activity that is both accessible and rewarding.
Philips Hue’s smart lighting systems can improve quality of life for aging individuals by matching the sun’s cycle, creating a healthier environment in long-term care homes for natural sleep.
Select Kobo eReaders have a vast number of accessibility options, and the use of eReader technology may decrease apathy for those aging in long-term care homes.
Qoobo is a therapeutic robot in the form of a cushion with a tail. When caressed, it waves gently. When rubbed, it swings playfully. And, it occasionally wags just to say hello. It's comforting communication that warms your heart the way animals do.
Toch Sleepsense gives care providers peace of mind by addressing fall prevention while providing vital sleep reports and analysis to help improve quality of sleep. Toch Smarturns make older adults’ cooking safer by sending alerts if the stove is left unattended for a set period. Tochtech’s VeriCare is a monitoring system to support those aging at home.
Steadiwear’s Steadi-Two Plus is a non-invasive solution to steady the hand of and enable those with Parkinson’s or Essential Tremor Disease to age safely and independently.