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This contribution presents different concepts for base stations complementing a fluid intake monitoring system. The motivation behind this research is the high amount of dehydration diagnoses in hospitals. Affected patients are almost exclusively elderly people. Therefore a monitoring system is needed that is able to detect insufficient fluid intake, especially designed for this demographic group...
In this paper, a new garment for automatic fall detection and alert is presented for the first time. It includes a washable pullover with integrated acceleration sensors, evaluation and control electronics. The system measures the accelerations at the torso and on the arms in three directions in space. The fall detection is based on recognizing, by means of the sensors, the posture and abnormal acceleration...
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