Yap, who lives in Silicon Valley and works at Menlo Ventures, is piecing things together.
“I really do think the core technologies are there,” he said. “But someone just has to weave them together and make it easier to install them.”
From a product perspective, one of the big challenges is to make the gadgets useful, intuitive and affordable without the sensors being overly invasive and burdensome.
“The industry is still a bunch of hobbyists trying to hack together the pieces of a solution to monitor their parents,” said Michael Skaff, a tech industry veteran who’s now the chief operating officer at the Jewish Senior Living Group in San Francisco.
Skaff said there are a number of types of sensors that could prove to be useful, especially when all the data is aggregated. There are sensors for refrigerators that can track if they’ve been opened recently, moisture sensors for monitoring water spillage and smart locks and connected lights that can turn on at night. There’s also sensors that can be placed on doors and windows, that provide an update when someone has come or gone from the home.
Traditional medical devices are also increasingly linked to smartphone apps, and data can be shared with caregivers and children, as long as users consent.
“It’s still a bit hodgepodge, but we’re getting there,” said Scaff.
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