How Intel and GE Will Monitor Your Grandma–For Her Own Good

In-home monitors detect behavioral patterns and predict medical emergencies. Simple hardware combined with behavioral mathematics is helping seniors live free of nursing homes. Intel and General Electric’s joint healthcare product, QuietCare , uses infrared sensors, like those used for motion-sensing light switches, to monitor patients as they move throughout their home and alert medical staff to deviant behavior that suggests a medical threat.

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How Intel and GE Will Monitor Your Grandma–For Her Own Good