The Memorable Assistant: An IoT-Based Smart Wearable Alzheimer’s Assisting Device
Sukhontha Siri, H B Divyashree, S. Pushpa Mala · 2021
In our world, communication and data create a most important combination. It can be credited to IoT, for being one of the most powerful bridges to have created this combination. With the progression of humankind, technological developments strive to bring automation into everyday life. It is headed to understand and control the objects around us in a manner desirable to us. It improves the Quality of Life in every sector, to name a few, healthcare at hospitals and homes, manufacturing industries, home automation, etc. IoT has driven research in healthcare to make it more affordable and accessible to everyone. Our solution keeps in mind the importance of these attributes in healthcare and brings forward a cost-effective, efficient, portable and user-friendly smart wearable device paired with a software mobile application to track, monitor, alert and assist patients suffering from Alzheimer’s. The results derived from this IoT based healthcare system can be considered as one of the most promising solutions to help patients and their caregivers, as it creates a two-sided channel of communication between them as it is built using Node MCU and provides analytics using Cloud based platforms