A ten-year-old boy won the grand prize for an invention that helps monitor Alzheimer's patients
Kenneth Shinozuka, a 15-year-old boy from New York City, won the "Science in Action" award from Scientific American in August 2014, for $50,000 for inventing a wearable sensor for Alzheimer's patients. The prize, part of the Google Science Fair, is awarded to XNUMX-year-olds who have developed an innovation that can make a practical difference in dealing with a challenge in the fields of the environment, health or resources.
Shinozuka's device, a small pressure sensor that can be attached to a leg or a sock, sends a message to a therapist's smartphone when their patient, who should be sleeping, gets out of bed. His grandfather, who has Alzheimer's disease, served as his inspiration. "I think I'll never forget the shock I got when I saw my grandfather dressed in pajamas accompanied by a policeman who found him wandering by a main road in the middle of the night," says Shinozuka. He designed the sensor to keep his grandfather safe and make it easier for his aunt, his grandfather's primary caregiver. Shinozuka recently demonstrated his device at a local chapter of the Alzheimer's Association of America and at several care facilities. He issued a patent for his invention in the USA.
The article was published with the permission of Scientific American Israel
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I don't think an Alzheimer's patient will forget his leg……
It's worth nothing if you have to attach it to a leg or a sock and the person has Alzheimer's, he can go out in sandals without socks or barefoot and it won't alert