“Magic carpet” can detect and possibly predict falls

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Researchers in the U.K. have developed a “magic carpet,” but not of the mythical flying variety. The new device consists of a carpet underlay embedded with plastic optical fibers and electronic sensors that can detect and map a person's walking patterns. With all of us progressing inexorably towards the age when the consequences of a fall can become much more serious than an embarrassing inconvenience, the researchers say the smart carpet is aimed at cutting the roughly 50 percent of hospital admissions in the over 65 age group in the U.K. that are the result of falls... Continue Reading “Magic carpet” can detect and possibly predict falls

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Aging, Carpet, Safety, University of Manchester

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