Project Overview

Older adults that require the use of a wheeled walker for day to day motility can cause serious harm to themselves by forgetting to use it. The goal of this project is to design a walker that can notify the user when he/she begins to walk away without it. In addition, the walker should provide useful feedback about the canes usage such as time, total steps taken and cadence. The technology would ideally be transferable to use with other assisted walking devices.

Team Picture

Images

Files

• PDS (February 21, 2013)
• Midsemester Paper (March 7, 2013)
• Final Paper (May 8, 2013)
• Journal Article (May 8, 2013)
• Poster (May 8, 2013)

Contact Information

Team Members

• Rachel O'Connell - Team Leader
• Yu Liu - Communicator
• Jared Ness - BSAC & BWIG

Advisor and Client

• Dr. Tom Yen - Advisor
• Dr. Jane Mahoney - Client

Related Projects

• Spring 2013: Personal Alarm and Step Counter for Walker
• Fall 2012: Personal alarm and step counter for cane