WTF IS MYSENSE?

Which particular sense are we talking about here – common?

In a way, yes. You know that stage in life when your parents are getting on a bit and you start feeling like the grown-up, not the other way around? Ugh, the responsibility. Well, Mysense is a wellbeing analytics platform that lets you keep an eye on someone’s health from anywhere in the world – like Thailand, Ibiza or Pontins, for example.

Sounds well nosy… tell me more.

Using a combination of passive sensors placed around the home and interactive wearable sensors placed on a person, Mysense measures data points across five themes of wellbeing (hydration, anxiety, independence, nutrition and mobility), while an app dashboard displays an individual’s ‘normal’ behaviour then highlights and notifies families or first responders to any irregularities or signs of danger.

Where do the sensors go?

On the front door, on a chair, by the fridge, next to a tap, in the toilet (ew!)… while the wearables include a temperature patch, pulse oximeter and sleep belt. Trials of the system have been so successful one NHS trust recorded a 58% reduction in GP appointments, 80% reduction in hospital appointments, 53% reduction in 999 calls, 100% reduction in 111 calls and 43% reduction in unnecessary healthcare visits to patients who wore the patches.

Does this mean we should have been clapping for wearables all summer?

Er, no. But for now you can check out the Indiegogo campaign kicking off on 3 November, or head to mysense.ai to find out more. As part of the crowdfunder campaign, Mysense is making 2500 kits available to the public for the first time, as so far it’s only been available via healthcare professionals. If the system turns out to work as intended it could be a very clever way to take some strain off the NHS.