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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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Predictions for the Evolution of Tech at Home in 2021
Much of life as we know it transformed significantly in 2020. We hoped that things would go "back to normal" but ...
Breakthrough in Wi-Fi Sensing: 37 Service Providers Deploy Cognitive’s Wi-Fi Motion
Wi-Fi sensing-as-a-service, once a promising innovation, has rapidly evolved into a revenue-generating reality. Cognitive Systems, a leader in Wi-Fi sensing, has achieved a remarkable milestone with 37 ISPs worldwide offering its WiFi Motion services. In just two years, Wi-Fi sensing has become a retention tool for service providers, demonstrating effectiveness in both generating revenue and retaining customers. Cognitive's WiFi Motion, the foundation for motion-based broadband services, stands out for its hardware-free and easily upgradable nature, making it a cost-effective investment for long-term viability in the competitive smart home market. Taj Manku, CEO of Cognitive Systems, emphasizes the utility of Wi-Fi sensing in enhancing service provider apps, leading to higher engagement rates and increased customer retention.
2021: Looking Forward to a Smarter Future
Connected homes and central smart home devices are the future of technology. WiFi Motion will help seamlessly connect us in 2021.
What Is WiFi Sensing and What Can It Do?
WiFi sensing, a form of short-range passive radar technology, is gaining prominence beyond internet access, offering applications like motion detection and monitoring. Cognitive Systems, a leader in WiFi sensing, enables motion-sensing services for 37 ISPs globally. WiFi sensing measures how WiFi signals interact with movement, leveraging existing devices like smartphones and PCs. With applications ranging from security monitoring to patient care, WiFi sensing operates in infrastructure or ad-hoc modes and can be active or passive. While promising, challenges include susceptibility to interference and resource depletion under heavy traffic. Despite hurdles, WiFi sensing is already finding applications in home intrusion detection, patient monitoring, and more.
Wi-Fi Sensing Adds Motion Detection and Gesture Recognition to Your Wireless Network
Wi-Fi sensing, a technology that utilizes wireless networks to detect environmental changes, offers alternatives for monitoring spaces without invading privacy. By processing signals from various Wi-Fi devices, Wi-Fi sensing can detect motion, presence, and other changes. Possible applications include security, elder care, home automation, and gesture recognition. The technology, still in its early stages, lacks standardization, hindering its full potential. Efforts are underway, including the IEEE 802.11 Working Group's amendment to support Wi-Fi sensing, to address gaps and establish standards for increased functionality, interoperability, and reliability.
For the IoT, User Anonymity Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought. It Should Be Baked In From the Start
Certain Internet of Things (IoT) businesses are adopting an "anonymity by design" approach, focusing on creating products that discard personally identifiable information from the start. Instead of anonymizing data after the fact, these companies aim to design products that make it impossible for them to identify individuals. For instance, Density, which developed a people-counting sensor, uses depth-perceiving sensors to count people based on height differentials, avoiding the need for cameras and concerns about surveillance. Cognitive Systems, which interprets Wi-Fi signal disruptions to understand movements, emphasizes processing data locally and avoiding the transmission of identifiable information to the cloud, addressing privacy concerns from the outset.
Wireless Technology Is Transforming Motion Detection
WiFi sensing technology, exemplified by Cognitive Systems' WiFi Motion™, utilizes wireless signals to detect motion, offering an innovative motion detection solution. By interpreting disruptions in RF signals transmitted between WiFi devices, WiFi Motion determines movement in a space without the need for additional devices or complex installations. It utilizes artificial intelligence to establish motionless environment benchmarks and learns movement patterns over time, improving accuracy and reducing false alerts. Compared to traditional solutions like closed-circuit television (CCTV) and passive infrared (PIR) sensors, WiFi sensing provides unparalleled accuracy, coverage, privacy, and affordability. Its applications extend to various sectors, including eldercare, smart homes, and commercial properties, presenting a cost-effective and versatile solution for motion sensing and smart device automation.
Home Monitoring Innovation in the Age of COVID-19
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has played a crucial role, with companies in the tech industry stepping up to combat the crisis. Among these, Cognitive Systems has showcased its WiFi Motion technology, providing whole-home awareness by using WiFi signals to sense and decode movement. WiFi Motion turns all connected devices in a home into motion sensors, leveraging the existing wireless network. Using AI algorithms, it establishes a baseline of normal home patterns, allowing it to accurately predict behavior trends based on detected movements. This technology is cost-effective, as it utilizes the increasing number of connected devices in homes. Applications include home monitoring, wellness monitoring, and smart home automation.
Cognitive Systems in The Most Disruptive Canadian Tech – CES 2020
Learn even more about our technology and the benefits of WiFi Motion™ by exploring The Most Disruptive Canadian Tech found at CES 2020, page 36