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Healthcare for the Elderly Using the IoT

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Explore a conference talk on leveraging IoT technology to improve healthcare access for elderly populations in rural areas. Delve into the challenges of depopulation and limited medical resources in countryside regions. Learn about innovative solutions using mobile phones, beacons, and data processing to monitor health indicators and provide timely alerts. Discover the evolution of hardware implementations, from initial attempts to refined designs. Examine the development of a mobile app for data collection and inference, as well as the use of buttons for user interaction. Gain insights into data aggregation, storage, and analysis techniques, including the application of Spark for processing. Understand the setup of a desktop client for healthcare providers and draw conclusions on the potential impact of IoT in elderly care.

Syllabus

Introduction
Depopulation on the countryside
Rural access to healthcare
People are alone
Health indicators
Alerts
Data Processing
Hardware
Beacons
First attempt
Second attempt
Third attempt
Mobile App
Inference
Buttons
Aggregate data
Data storage
Data analysis
Spark
Desktop client
Setup
Conclusion

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