Sydney-based startup Andromeda Robotics has integrated generative artificial intelligence into robotics to complement the support provided in aged care.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded by a group of engineers in 2022, Andromeda Robotics aims to transform human-robot interactions by developing empathetic companion robots, targeting the elderly and children in hospitals.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The prototype...
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Nursing, together with a local telecommunications company, has developed a new mobile health management app for the elderly.
HOW IT WORKS
Based on a press release, they said the app, which connects to a wearable health monitoring device, alerts a nurse or carer once it detects abnormalities in an elderly user's vitals parameters, such as blood...
Fujitsu and Wakayama Medical University in Japan will conduct joint trials of new fall detection technologies to monitor patients in highly private spaces, including hospital rooms and nursing homes.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Over the next 16 months, they will test Fujitsu's millimetre-wave sensor, which collects point cloud data to accurately estimate body postures, and the Actlyzer AI technology that...
HCAH acquires digital care platform Seniority
HCAH, a health tech company in the out-of-hospital care segment in India, is expanding to elderly care with its acquisition of senior-centric digital care platform Seniority by the RPG Group.
Seniority is one of the largest elderly care platforms in India with a portfolio of more than 20,000 medical and lifestyle products for seniors.
HCAH bought the...
Aged care technology companies Hayylo and Umps have partnered to integrate their offerings and enable providers to adapt to home aged care reforms.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The integration will combine Hayylo's care service platform with Umps Link, a smart home and personal alarm technology currently being used by around 300,000 Australians.
Through this, care insights generated through the Umps Link...
Digital health company Telstra Health has unveiled its latest mobile app for residential aged care.
According to a press statement, the CareKeeper app enables staff to view, capture, and document care by a resident's side in real-time through a mobile device.
It is integrated with Telstra Health's Clinical Manager software so providers can have one source of truth, reduce data duplication, and...
ASX-listed ResApp Health has inked a two-year deal with Health Teams, a digital aged care platform, to launch its mobile diagnostic app on the latter's telehealth platform.
ResAppDx is an app-based acute respiratory diagnostic test that uses machine learning to analyse cough sounds and diagnose respiratory diseases. Approved for use in Australia and Europe, the app can be integrated with...
Independent Living Assessment, a non-profit provider of aged care services in Western Australia, is launching its digital platform providing healthy ageing services.
Established in January 2020, the organisation is backed by Indigo Australasia, formerly known as Independent Living Centre WA, which delivers support to people with disability, seniors, carers, health professionals, and the aged...
Telehealth firm Coviu has disclosed that it will work on a project to create a new digital toolkit for telehealth wound care. It will work in tandem with the government research agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the Western NSW Primary Health Network, university partners The University of Sydney and The University of Technology Sydney, and insurance firm...
InteliCare was recently awarded an AU$100,000 grant (around $77,000) from the New South Wales Smart Sensing Network to enhance its machine learning capability. It received the grant along with partners Macquarie University and the University of Sydney.
The listed aged care technology developer will be working on a one-year project with NSSN and the Computer Science units of both universities....
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