Perth based HomeStay Care (ASX: HSC), a company providing technology to support old people living in their own homes, has been appointed the exclusive reseller in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore of technology from Israel based Essence Security Solutions, which provides smart home technology for aged care, security and the general ‘smart living’ market. HomeStay […]
hayylo’s aged care platform scores a gong
Melbourne based IoT start-up hayylo has scored the award for ‘Best Smart Care Technology’ in the solutions category at the 7th Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards, part of the 10th Annual Ageing Asia Innovation Forum in Singapore. hayylo was also nominated for the ‘Innovation of the Year’ award the care model category in conjunction with […]
Is Age the Killer App?
All tech shifts have a killer app to lead them forward. For example, back in the age of steam, it was the spreadsheet that got the PC started. It was something called Lotus 123. There may be copies of the original in a museum somewhere. It was SMS that sprung the mobile phone from being […]
Xped’s JCT expands into aged care
ASX listed IoT technology company Xped is expanding into the aged care market, via recently acquired company JCT. Xped says it has signed up five new channel partners that will give JCT a national sales presence marketing and selling JCT products and solutions into the aged care sector. Xped announced in April that it planned […]
Vitalcall creator re-invents personal alarm for dementia sufferers
Veteran technologist Peter Vogel — who invented the first sound sampling music synthesizer, the Fairlight, and the first personal pendant alarm, the Vitalcall 30 years ago — has developed a new system that is claimed to address shortfalls in the Vitalcall technology. His new technology dubbed CRIS, is completely passive. According to Vogel it does […]
Xped buys healthcare IoT company, JCT
ASX-listed IoT technology company, Xped (ASX: XPE) has expanded the scope of its operations from the development and provision of technology for incorporation into IoT devices to the provision of industry-specific IoT solutions: it is planning to acquire JCT Healthcare Pty Ltd and Jackson Care Technologies Pty Ltd (JCT) with the aim of becoming “a […]
Samsung, Deakin Uni and Geelong trial IoT for aged care
Samsung Electronics Australia has partnered with Deakin University and the City of Greater Geelong to trial home monitoring technology for the elderly, combined with machine learning Testing will take place across five residential households for six weeks, with participants ranging in age from 73 to 81 years. The trial will use the SmartThings automation platform, […]
