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Fuzzy Logic Tech Project to Help the Elderly

silicon.com (01/03/08) Ferguson, Tim

Researchers in the United Kingdom and the United States are developing prototype systems that incorporate fuzzy logic techniques into sensor technology for monitoring the movements, capturing the sleep patterns, or measuring the pulse and respiration of seniors. Fuzzy logic would enable such systems to reach better conclusions about the vague information that is picked up by sensors. For example, the system would be capable of determining that a sound is actually a door slamming and not someone falling, as a result of the computational mathematics of fuzzy logic, and would ultimately generate fewer false alarms. The project begins in January, and Dr. Simon Coupland, research fellow at the De Montfort University Center for Computational Intelligence in Leicester, will spend the next four months working in the United States with Jim Keller, a fuzzy logic expert at the University of Missouri's Center for Eldercare and Rehabilitation Technology. Such a system could still be five years away, due to the extensive trials it must undergo and the approval that will be needed.

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