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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute Launched
The newly founded
Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health
Research
at the UK’s University of Bristol is the recipient of a
£12million grant from the ESPRC for
- Sensor Platform for
HEalthcare in a Residential Environment. SPHERE is an Interdiscipli-
nary Research Collaboration (‘IRC’) that will develop sensor technol-
ogies that employ video, wireless sensing and data from home electric-
ity and water meters to:
Predict falls and detect strokes so that help may be summoned
Analyse eating behaviour, including whether people are taking
their prescribed medication
Detect periods of depression or anxiety and intervene using a
computer-based therapy (e.g. a mobile App)
SPHERE is an interdisciplinary research collaboration led by the Uni-
versity of Bristol and the Universities of Southampton and Reading, in
partnership with Bristol City Council, IBM,Toshiba, and KnowleWest
Media Centre.
Click on the im-
age - takes you
to a page with a
video animation
of the SPHERE
project
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