This Is Engineering Students From Mumbai Invented A Wristband Disha To Brand Dementia Patients Independent Plenty To Move Safely
If a mortal has Alzheimer's or other dementia, it doesn't hateful he or she tin no longer participate inward meaningful activities such every bit travel; but it does involve planning to ensure security in addition to enjoyment for everyone.
Traveling amongst someone amongst dementia tin endure challenging in addition to stressful. People amongst Alzheimer's illness ofttimes convey difficulty amongst novel environments, novel people, in addition to alter inward routine, alter of fourth dimension zone, noise, in addition to fatigue.
Addressing this upshot of insecurity, in addition to to brand such patients slightly to a greater extent than independent, the 21-year-old duo of Indranil Chandra in addition to Vaibhav Yengul, technology scientific discipline students of Veermata Jijabai Institute of Technology (VJTI), made a wristband which volition aid patients exit in addition to displace approximately safely. “The aim behind this device is to brand a patient independent plenty to locomote yesteryear mentally motivating them,” said Vaibhav.
Image credit: Indranil Chandra
Based on their observations in addition to studies, the duo decided to come upward up amongst a solution that was non exclusively economical, but every bit good slow to use. Thus, emerged the Disha projection that non exclusively would aid the patient uncovering their agency dorsum home, but every bit good let household unit of measurement members to rail their road when they were outdoors.
“Worldwide to a greater extent than than 44 1000000 people endure from dementia in addition to inward 60-80 per cent of cases crusade of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. Of the full people suffering from dementia, 58 per cent alive inward developing countries where they produce non convey access to smartphones in addition to fifty-fifty if they convey they produce non convey access to high speed mesh connection,” said Mr Chandra, every bit reported yesteryear AsianAge.
How does it work?
As before long every bit the patient goes out of the geo ground expanse (safe zone gear upward yesteryear the household unit of measurement members), it alerts the household unit of measurement members yesteryear sending a SMS on phones. Named ‘Disha’, the wristband non exclusively helps go along a rail of the patient’s displace but every bit good guide them to uncovering the correct direction, when lost.
The duo conceptualised this project design during their participation inward the Hackathon contest held inward Goregaon earlier. Talking nearly the concept, Indranil Chandra, 4th twelvemonth technology scientific discipline student, said, “We convey been doing projects related to social crusade which tin produce goodness people.
This wristband was conceptualised afterward a inquiry on dementia patients, many of whom are institute inward developing countries. Due to lack of smartphones in addition to high speed internet, they are non able to uncovering their agency when lost. Our project design plant through a GPS receiver which helps household unit of measurement members to go along a rail of the patient.”
Inventors Indranil Chandra, Vaibhav Yengul (Image source: DNA)
Talking nearly how before long the production volition hitting the market, Vaibhav Yengul said, “We are working on novel features to upgrade the device in addition to before long nosotros volition endure testing the wristband on dementia patients. After testing process, nosotros volition teach inward available for people to buy. The justice terms of the wristband volition endure Rs 5,000.”
So what are the upgrades i tin expect? The duo volition endure adding sound inward the system. “We made some other device named Auro which helps i to locate the agency yesteryear sound voice. We volition endure merging both the device yesteryear side yesteryear side week. This characteristic volition non exclusively aid dementia patients but every bit good those visually impaired to locate his way,” said Chandra. (Source: DNA)
