Resources
Simplifying Smart Home Integration for Seniors
Caring for seniors presents unique challenges that don’t apply to other age groups. Unlike younger individuals who may recover quickly or adapt easily to new routines, older adults often face physical limitations, cognitive decline, and deep-seated resistance to...
Simplifying Smart Home Integration for Seniors
Smart home technology has the potential to improve seniors’ safety, comfort, and independence—but only if it’s designed with their unique needs in mind. Many older adults struggle with complex setups, privacy concerns, and physical or cognitive limitations that make adoption difficult. This blog explores the key challenges seniors face when integrating smart technology and offers practical strategies to simplify the process, ensuring that these innovations become helpful tools rather than sources of frustration.
Filter by topic
Caught in the Middle: Navigating the Challenges of the Sandwich Generation
Caregiving in the sandwich generation often arrives quietly, through small responsibilities that gradually reshape daily life. In this blog, Matthew and Taj share their personal journeys of balancing care for aging parents while supporting their own families. Their stories reveal the emotional and logistical challenges of caregiving, the role of technology in easing the burden, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Monitoring Family Routines with Wi-Fi Sensing: A Real-Life Case Study
Balancing family routines can feel overwhelming, but Wi-Fi Sensing offers a non-intrusive way for parents like Jordan and Geordie to stay connected and informed. Through real-life stories, this blog explores how the technology helps monitor daily activities, improve security, and encourage healthier habits—without sacrificing privacy.
What Is the Difference Between Wi-Fi Sensing for Wellness Monitoring & Eldercare?
Wi-Fi Sensing has revolutionized both wellness monitoring and eldercare, providing tailored solutions for individuals at different life stages. While wellness monitoring helps younger adults track and optimize daily habits for proactive health management, eldercare monitoring focuses on supporting seniors, offering peace of mind with real-time alerts and ensuring safe, independent living. This blog explores the unique benefits of Wi-Fi Sensing in both applications, highlighting how it serves both wellness enthusiasts and aging individuals by tracking motion, sleep, and activity patterns without intrusive devices.
Dr. Taj Manku Shares His Vision for Reinvention in 2025 with Canadian SME Magazine
Stepping into 2025, small business leaders face a world of rapid change and endless possibilities. Drawing from the evolution of Wi-Fi into Wi-Fi Sensing, our CEO, Dr. Tajinder Manku, shared with Canadian SME Magazine his powerful lessons on embracing innovation and reinvention. Success lies in challenging assumptions, articulating bold visions, and fostering adaptability to navigate uncertainty. For those willing to lead with persistence and clarity, the future holds extraordinary opportunities to redefine what’s possible.
What is WiFi Motion?
Our technology is a revolutionary way to turn your Wi-Fi network into a motion sensing system. By analyzing changes in Wi-Fi signals, WiFi Motion detects movement, tracks motion patterns, and provides customizable alerts—all without the need for cameras. Whether it's enhancing security, monitoring daily activity, or caring for a loved one, WiFi Motion offers convenience, safety, and peace of mind.
Looking Back on 2024 and What’s Beyond: A Conversation with Dr. Taj Manku
This blog reflects on a pivotal year for Cognitive Systems and offers insights into the future of Wi-Fi Sensing technology through an exclusive conversation with Dr. Taj Manku, Cognitive's CEO & Co-Founder. Dr. Manku explores significant industry trends, Cognitive’s standout milestones, and strategic goals for 2025, shedding light on how Wi-Fi Sensing is transforming industries like caregiving, security, and telecommunications.
Why is Wi-Fi Sensing Great for Small Businesses?
This blog explores how Wi-Fi Sensing revolutionizes security and efficiency for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). By leveraging existing Wi-Fi networks, this innovative technology provides cost-effective, scalable motion detection without the need for costly hardware. Discover how Wi-Fi Sensing helps SMBs protect assets, adapt to changing demands, and streamline operations—ensuring a secure, future-ready solution that meets their unique needs.
How Do We Integrate WiFi Motion on New Devices?
The integration of WiFi Motion into Wi-Fi chipsets involves a detailed process of hardware evaluation, software customization, and close collaboration with Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) to enable accurate motion-sensing capabilities. With advancements like the upcoming 802.11bf standard, the process is set to become more streamlined, paving the way for wider adoption and enhanced efficiency. This blog covers how Cognitive manages these integrations in advance of the standard.
Sensing: The Spectrum Hero in a Crowded World
Spectrum is the lifeblood of modern communication, powering everything from smartphones to smart homes. However, with rising demand and finite availability, managing spectrum effectively has become a pressing challenge. This blog explores the critical role of spectrum in wireless connectivity, the growing scarcity problem, and how innovative solutions like Wi-Fi Sensing and other sensing technologies can help industries maximize efficiency and deliver value in an increasingly crowded spectrum landscape.