'Magic carpet' can detect or even predict a fall

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Researchers have shown off a "magic carpet" that can detect falls and may even predict mobility problems.

Period4 Sept 2012

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  • Title'Magic carpet' can detect or even predict a fall
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletBBC News Website
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date4/09/12
    DescriptionResearchers have shown off a "magic carpet" that can detect falls and may even predict mobility problems.

    Beneath the carpet is a mesh of optical fibres that detect and plot movement as pressure bends them, changing the light detected at the carpet's edges.

    These deflected light patterns help electronics "learn" walking patterns and detect if they are deteriorating, for instance in the elderly.
    URLwww.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19479365
    PersonsPatricia Scully, Krikor Ozanyan, Christopher Todd
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Conference

TitlePhoton 12
LocationDurham, UK
Period1 Jan 1824

Keywords

  • magic carpet
  • falling
  • tomography
  • optical fibre
  • elderly

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