AI Keeps Seniors Safer Under the Watchful Eye of Nobi Smart Lamps

Artificial intelligence is one dicey topic right now. Concerns about how to nudge the evolving technology toward a beneficial and benevolent next chapter for humankind, rather than our epilogue, keeps technologists, politicians, and ethicists awake at night. But while anxieties attached to the great unknowns related to a self-aware AI may be justified, a multitude of singularly tasked artificial intelligence solutions are already here making the world safer. Nobi Smart Lamps is such an example, smart lighting paired with pleasing design and adaptive technology designed to aid in elderly care.

There seems little doubt AI-based solutions will play an important role in the future of elderly care. With an increasing senior population and a scarcity of trained caretakers (not to mention skyrocketing costs), AI-driven technologies are set to fill in the gap. While capable robot caretakers may one day become the norm, in the interim technologies such as Belgian startup Nobi’s smart lamps propose a readily pragmatic solution, tasking an AI system to keep a vigilant eye for moments when an older person may be in danger of falling.

When someone falls, the light first asks whether the person has fallen; once a fall has been verified, Nobi then notifies a caregiver or family member via app for assistance, with the ability for two-way communication to assure the person that help is on its way. The light can also aid in emergency access, granting remote door unlocking for the person contacted to deliver aid.

Noting it is preferable to prevent falls in the first place, Nobi’s lights are also equipped to turn on automatically at night when an older person sits up in bed – for example, to use the bathroom, take their medication, or simply to get a glass of water. With 62% of falls happening at night, the light delivers a proactive and preventative measure.

Nobi prioritizes privacy by giving users the option to record images as “not at all”, “partially”, or “fully visible”, with a stick figure as the default positional setting captured and displayed by the system. Only those assigned permission are offered access to footage, with Nobi analyzing all images locally.

To determine whether Nobi’s AI-controlled lamp could successfully monitor seniors in a real world environment, the company installed 20 of their lamps as part of a six-month pilot test trial at Gerstjens Nursing Home in Belgium in 2022. In the rooms equipped with Nobi lights, 62 falls were detected, an 80% increase in fall detection.

Light adjusts according to time of day, helping seniors with a home or care space to maintain a natural daily rhythm attuned to sunlight.

If we want new technologies to make a difference in the lives of people, we need to start creating solutions people want, not need…empathic product design.

– Roeland Pelgrims, CEO of Nobi

Nobi was recently awarded a 2023 iF DESIGN AWARD and the Health Tech Digital Awards for Best UK Elderly Care Tech Solution. Its laudable design delivers vital healthcare technology with an aesthetically pleasing form that steers clear of the intrusive and stigmatizing fall detection systems often assigned to seniors.

More information about Nobi, the smart lamp for senior care here.

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