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Monitoring Wake-Up Delays Can Prevent Senior Health Crises
You want to check in, but you hesitate. Is it too early to call? They said they were a little tired yesterday—was it just a long day, or the start of something more? The house is quiet. Your phone shows no movement yet. No sign of coffee brewing, no usual signs of a...
Monitoring Wake-Up Delays Can Prevent Senior Health Crises
Wake-up time is one of the earliest indicators of senior health changes. Subtle delays in a daily routine, like waking 60–90 minutes later than usual, can reveal emerging physical, emotional, or cognitive strain long before a crisis occurs. This blog explores why wake-up monitoring matters, why traditional systems often miss it, and how passive sensing technologies can transform these overlooked signals into proactive, personalized care.
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Is Sensing the Next Killer App for Wi-Fi?
Wi-Fi Sensing technology can sense the disruption of the signal and use the information to determine the size, speed, and location of the disruption.
Health and Wellness Solutions: Expanding the Market
Cognitive System launches Caregiver Aware enabling ISPs to enter the remote healthcare space with motion based services. Director of Product Management Amanda speaks to the challenges and opportunities in the future of healthtech and WiFi Sensing
WBA Issues Residential Wi-Fi Sensing Deployment Guidelines for Smart Homes & Next Gen In-Home Applications
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has released "Wi-Fi Sensing — Deployment Guidelines," a comprehensive document guiding Wi-Fi service providers on integrating Wi-Fi Sensing technology into smart homes and next-gen in-home applications. This innovative technology utilizes existing Wi-Fi signals for motion detection, gesture recognition, and biometric measurement, offering new possibilities in healthcare, security, and smart homes. The guidelines cover technological benefits, environmental considerations, experiments, and general deployment recommendations for single-family homes and multi-dwelling units. The WBA emphasizes the potential for Wi-Fi service providers to enter diverse markets, and the guidelines aim to facilitate the development and deployment of innovative Wi-Fi Sensing solutions. Interested parties can access additional white papers for in-depth information on Wi-Fi Sensing technology and its applications.
Waterloo Startup Helping Elderly Remain in Their Homes
Cognitive System launches Caregiver Aware enabling ISPs to enter the remote healthcare space with motion based services. Director of Product Management Amanda speaks to her experience caring for her parents remotely.
Cognitive Systems Launches Caregiver Aware, Enabling Service Providers to Enter the Remote Eldercare Industry
Cognitive System launches Caregiver Aware enabling ISPs to enter the remote healthcare space with motion based services.
The Shift from Reactive to Proactive Healthcare
Caregiver Aware is a proactive healthcare platform that alerts you to a critical medical event before it happens. However, this hasn't always been the case with healthcare solutions. We investigated the move away from reactive models.
Breaking the Bias in Tech: An Interview with Cognitive’s Catherine Cha
To participate in IWD 2022, we are highlighting the amazing work towards breaking the bias of Catherine Cha, a Graphic Design Co-op Student on Cognitive's UX & UI team
WiFi Motion by Cognitive Systems
Service providers are investing in new innovations to redefine their offerings beyond network speed and coverage. WiFi Motion from Cognitive enables ISPs to go beyond traditional internet services, adding motion AI functionality to their customers’ home internet.
The Road Towards Standardization: Expert Insights on the Future of Wi-Fi Sensing
Wi-Fi has become inextricable from daily life. But it hasn’t always been like that. Standards and adoption in the ...