August Smart Lock | Doorbell Cam | Smart Keypad | Connect
You've remembered your phone, turned off the TV and the front door has just shut behind you. The problem is you've just realized you've forgotten your keys and your family with the spare key are on holiday. Your only option is paying a locksmith a fortune to unlock your house. This sort of memory lapse is all too common, with one in four of us locking ourselves out of our homes every year. Wouldn't it be great if the phone you did remember could also get you back in? Well, help is at hand…
The August Smart Lock delivers a simple, seamless, and secure home entry experience unlike any other currently on the market. The lock retrofits to your existing deadbolt and is powered by an ARM® Cortex®-M3 processor on a STM32 family MCU from STMicroelectronics. It requires no wiring and enables users to manage home entry through a Bluetooth® enabled locking mechanism and an intuitive mobile application.
As you can imagine, security is high on the agenda for August. The device relies on algorithmically-generated keys similar to a secure ID token, so the device does not need an Internet connection at all. August sends all necessary online communications though the paired phone, which uses the same communication encryption protocols that are commonly used for online banking.
Homeowners have the ability to invite and issue virtual keys. Friends and family can be set to have full access while temporary visitors such as plumbers and electricians can be provided with access over a set period of time. Each entry is recorded so owners can review who has been in their house.
And don't worry if your phone battery dies – you are still able to access your house with an old-fashioned key or you can borrow a friend's phone and download the app to open the door.
Hi-tech security is no longer the domain of the rich as August is the 21st century way of accessing your home. Keys will soon be a thing of the past and keyrings will become the domain of collectors!
Source: ARM - Innovation Hub
The August Smart Lock delivers a simple, seamless, and secure home entry experience unlike any other currently on the market. The lock retrofits to your existing deadbolt and is powered by an ARM® Cortex®-M3 processor on a STM32 family MCU from STMicroelectronics. It requires no wiring and enables users to manage home entry through a Bluetooth® enabled locking mechanism and an intuitive mobile application.
As you can imagine, security is high on the agenda for August. The device relies on algorithmically-generated keys similar to a secure ID token, so the device does not need an Internet connection at all. August sends all necessary online communications though the paired phone, which uses the same communication encryption protocols that are commonly used for online banking.
Homeowners have the ability to invite and issue virtual keys. Friends and family can be set to have full access while temporary visitors such as plumbers and electricians can be provided with access over a set period of time. Each entry is recorded so owners can review who has been in their house.
And don't worry if your phone battery dies – you are still able to access your house with an old-fashioned key or you can borrow a friend's phone and download the app to open the door.
Hi-tech security is no longer the domain of the rich as August is the 21st century way of accessing your home. Keys will soon be a thing of the past and keyrings will become the domain of collectors!
Source: ARM - Innovation Hub
Wink
A simplier, smarter house |
Wink Hub 2 is the first smart home hub designed for the mainstream consumer, sporting industry-leading protocol support, a sleek design, enhanced connectivity, and security features that create a best-in-class experience.
With Wink, building a smart home is easier than ever before. Start with connected products from your favorite brands—including GE, Nest, Philips, and Schlage. Before you know it, your home will be doing things you never thought possible.
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MicroBot PUSH
The wireless robotic button pusher
MicroBot Push physically presses buttons and switches wirelessly. Users can control a MicroBot with a smart phone and/or through a companion hub called Prota. It’s designed to work on all kinds of buttons and switches, which makes it possible to turn any old home appliances into connected smart devices that are controllable from anywhere anytime, even automatically.
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MobiCuffThe smarter way to measure blood pressureThe compact device can report pulse rates, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, has a test range of 30-260mmHg, and is accurate to within two per cent. As a smart device, companion smartphone apps will be made available to track your measurement history, remind you to take new readings, and most importantly, identify irregularities.
High blood pressure (hypertension) is estimated to kill nine million people a year according to the World Health Organization. It is a particular problem in developing world countries where many people are affected by associated illnesses such as heart disease, stroke and kidney failure. However, this is a problem that is extremely difficult to tackle, especially in regions where medical technology and training may be of a relatively poor standard. The main issue is the difficulty in spotting early signs of the disease as suffers show few external symptoms. For this reason, the disease is dubbed the ‘silent killer’ and this is where a new device called MobiCuff comes in. |
Developed by scientists from the Oxford Centre for Affordable Healthcare Technology, MobiCuff is a low-cost, connected device designed to accurately measure blood pressure at less than one sixth the cost of the cheapest existing devices. It utilizes a traditional cuff and air pump but the measurement process is guided by a smartphone app that interprets the data and sends to a patient’s electronically-held medical records.
Source: ARM - Innovation Hub |
The keeping of accurate medical records linked to the correct person is at the heart of providing reliable healthcare but in many developing countries this remains a challenge. A company based in Cambridge called SimPrints is set on resolving this with a biometric scanner that digitally links a person's fingerprints to their health records. The scanner offers many advantages in terms of identification confidence but it also means medical records can be kept on-line with a reliable backup that is updated electronically.
Health workers out in the field are able to quickly identify patients as the scanner syncs with their smartphone and then seamlessly obtains their records. When internet connectivity is poor, the device can be placed in an 'offline mode' where the SimPrints system accesses a previously downloaded database with newly obtained patient data uploaded when connectivity is regained.
The system also gets around the issues in many developing nations where people are only known by common community names and with unknown dates of birth. Also, any records that do exist are paper-based and therefore prone to being lost or damaged.
SimPrints is further enhancing the security of its technology by storing all patients' biometric data with time stamps and GPS coordinates to record where each patient has been assessed. Fingerprint scans are not transmitted and all records are RSA encrypted with scanners connecting wirelessly to a Bluetooth® 2.0 compatible phone.
The pocket-sized scanner has been shaped to fit in the palm of a hand and is durable enough to be carried by emergency medical teams in the toughest conditions. SimPrints is currently prototyping the device with an ARM® Cortex®-M processor due to its energy-efficiency and ease of use to enable developers to meet the needs of tomorrow’s smart and connected embedded applications.
Source: ARM - Innovation Hub
Health workers out in the field are able to quickly identify patients as the scanner syncs with their smartphone and then seamlessly obtains their records. When internet connectivity is poor, the device can be placed in an 'offline mode' where the SimPrints system accesses a previously downloaded database with newly obtained patient data uploaded when connectivity is regained.
The system also gets around the issues in many developing nations where people are only known by common community names and with unknown dates of birth. Also, any records that do exist are paper-based and therefore prone to being lost or damaged.
SimPrints is further enhancing the security of its technology by storing all patients' biometric data with time stamps and GPS coordinates to record where each patient has been assessed. Fingerprint scans are not transmitted and all records are RSA encrypted with scanners connecting wirelessly to a Bluetooth® 2.0 compatible phone.
The pocket-sized scanner has been shaped to fit in the palm of a hand and is durable enough to be carried by emergency medical teams in the toughest conditions. SimPrints is currently prototyping the device with an ARM® Cortex®-M processor due to its energy-efficiency and ease of use to enable developers to meet the needs of tomorrow’s smart and connected embedded applications.
Source: ARM - Innovation Hub
BEE | Smart Diabetes TrackerThe smart way to keep on top of your diabetes |
The Bee fits to the top of most insulin pens and automatically records injected insulin and glucose units, wirelessly transmitting data to a patient's log book which is stored inside a smartphone app. Using Bluetooth 4.0 to transmit the data, the information can also be easily shared with health care providers, friends and family.
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Around one in twenty people in the World suffer from diabetes and finding better ways to monitor and treat the condition is a global challenge. To help with that, Vigilant™ has created the Bee, the World’s first Bluetooth® smart tracker for insulin injections.
Users can access their data at any time to find out when their last injection was administered and graphs illustrate trends and patterns. It makes it easy for people or medical specialists to ensure correct plans are being followed and reduces the risk of missed injections or double dosing. At the 2015 CES awards, the Bee was announced as an honoree award winner within the Innovation Biotech category. Honoree award winners reflect innovative design and engineering in some of the most cutting edge tech products and services coming to market. Source: ARM - Innovation Hub |
Lively
Caregiving goes digital | PersonalEmergency response - Reimagined
As the global population aged 65 and over is expected to reach 715 million in 2020 and 1.5 billion in 2050, there will be an increasing demand for healthcare and caregivers to support and look after the elderly population. This demand, combined with senior adults seeking independence, security and the comfort of their own home means there will be a heavy financial cost for governments to provide healthcare.
The Lively system alleviates this pressure with its digital hub and sensors, which monitor and record the actions of older adults in their own home. Lively sensors, attached to important items such as the shower door, medicine box and the refrigerator, all send usage data to the Lively Hub.
The data produced can be securely accessed by family members and carers via the web or smartphone app to view and understand whether the senior person is taking their medicine, eating regularly and drinking properly while a key fob featuring a Bluetooth® low energy transmitter helps determine if the person being monitored has left the house. This allows the family (usually the adult child) of the older adult to have a non-invasive overview of the health and wellbeing while providing the homeowner with a healthy and independent lifestyle.
Source: ARM - Innovation Hub
The Lively system alleviates this pressure with its digital hub and sensors, which monitor and record the actions of older adults in their own home. Lively sensors, attached to important items such as the shower door, medicine box and the refrigerator, all send usage data to the Lively Hub.
The data produced can be securely accessed by family members and carers via the web or smartphone app to view and understand whether the senior person is taking their medicine, eating regularly and drinking properly while a key fob featuring a Bluetooth® low energy transmitter helps determine if the person being monitored has left the house. This allows the family (usually the adult child) of the older adult to have a non-invasive overview of the health and wellbeing while providing the homeowner with a healthy and independent lifestyle.
Source: ARM - Innovation Hub
OrCam is an intuitive portable device with a built-in smart camera designed to assist the visually impaired. The visual aid recognizes text and products, and speaks to you through a bone-conduction earpiece.
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TED@NYC Oct. 2013, Amnon Shashua presenting OrCam
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When you have trouble seeing, routine everyday tasks become incredibly difficult and daunting. Up until now, reading aids for the visually impaired and the blind have been clunky text recognition devices or apps high on promise and low on capabilities. This is all about to change with OrCam, a wearable camera-based system that will open up a whole new world to those with sight difficulties.
The OrCam device is a discreet smart camera mounted on the frames of a user's eyeglasses which allows the visually impaired access to daily activities that the sighted take for granted, such as hopping on the right bus, shopping for food or reading the sports pages of a newspaper. The camera 'sees' text, recognizes objects, and 'whispers' the information it has identified into the wearer's ear.
OrCam quite literally understands what you want, whether it is to read a book, find the correct item on a shop shelf, or recognize bank notes. All it takes is a simple pointing gesture. The base unit is smaller than the average glasses case and slips into a pocket or clips on to a belt.
The device can read books, signs, labels and even text on a computer or phone. When you point to a sentence, OrCam will start reading. The device uses innovative bone-conduction technology, which sends sound to the ear through the bones of the skull, so you don't have to wear a cumbersome earpiece. Its powerful computer translates the printed word into audio in under two seconds!
OrCam can't give people back their vision, but it can give them back their independence.
Source: ARM - Innovation Hub
The OrCam device is a discreet smart camera mounted on the frames of a user's eyeglasses which allows the visually impaired access to daily activities that the sighted take for granted, such as hopping on the right bus, shopping for food or reading the sports pages of a newspaper. The camera 'sees' text, recognizes objects, and 'whispers' the information it has identified into the wearer's ear.
OrCam quite literally understands what you want, whether it is to read a book, find the correct item on a shop shelf, or recognize bank notes. All it takes is a simple pointing gesture. The base unit is smaller than the average glasses case and slips into a pocket or clips on to a belt.
The device can read books, signs, labels and even text on a computer or phone. When you point to a sentence, OrCam will start reading. The device uses innovative bone-conduction technology, which sends sound to the ear through the bones of the skull, so you don't have to wear a cumbersome earpiece. Its powerful computer translates the printed word into audio in under two seconds!
OrCam can't give people back their vision, but it can give them back their independence.
Source: ARM - Innovation Hub