For the over-65 population, falling can be a serious health risk. Three million older people each year are treated in emergency rooms for fall-related injuries, according to the CDC, and one in four ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

Raylene Hackenwerth received an Apple Watch as a gift.. a gift that she says saved her life. The wearable called 911 for her after it detected she had taken a very bad fall. And that’s just the start.

Climax’s mmWave Fall Sensor is a new 60GHz millimeter-wave (mmWave) Technology fall detection sensor, which differs from the previous pendant-wearing fall detection method. Since mmWave Technology is ...

Apple has released a new feature for Apple Watch called Fall Detection. The potentially life-saving feature is one of the company’s latest health-facing updates to its Watch. Here’s how you set it up… ...

Kami Vision, a smart home security company, has unveiled a new AI-powered fall detect camera at the ongoing CES 2025. Now, you may say the fall detection feature isn’t new tech. We have already seen ...

Most of us wish our parents would live as long as humanly possible, but some challenges arise if our wishes come true. While every individual is different, advanced aging usually brings about mobility ...

Fall Detection uses the Apple Watch’s built-in accelerometer and gyroscope to detect a hard fall. It initially responds by tapping you on the wrist and displaying an alert, offering you the options of ...

Pressure measurements enable a newly developed fall detector to "observe" falls that current sensors do not register, thus improving safety for older people who live at home. Technology and health: ...

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