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Ed Cullinane

How These AI ‘smart Socks’ Help Dementia Patients

SmartSocks creator Dr. Zeke Steer. It would allow carers to identify when vulnerable people are in distress. STMONICA/UNIVERSITY OF EXETER/MILBOTIX/SWNS

Dementia patients could continue to live at home and be monitored with new AI smart socks.

Researchers at Exeter University say the “SmartSocks” can track the heart rate, sweat levels and motion of people wearing them.

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