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Thanks for putting this out there - looks fantastic for hackers like me with partners who suffer from epilepsy. If you are interested in wearable tech and epil
by whyleyc 11y ago
Thanks for putting this out there - looks fantastic for hackers like me with partners who suffer from epilepsy.
If you are interested in wearable tech and epilepsy you should also check out the "Embrace Watch" [1] - It measures electrical conductivity across the skin of a person wearing the watch and is able to use that as a proxy for heightened electrical activity within the brain (which can be indicative of a tonic-clonic seizure). It pairs with phones to send SMS messages to nominated contacts as alerts.
It was developed out of MIT and is now being commercialized. I'm currently waiting to take delivery of this watch (from an IndieGoGo campaign last year), so can't speak to its effectiveness but I have high hopes, particularly since it doesn't just rely on motion. Motion detection is helpful, but by then it is too late for the person having a seizure as they have no warning to make themselves safe.
[1] https://www.empatica.com/embrace-watch-epilepsy-monitor https://www.empatica.com/embrace-watch-epilepsy-monitor
- PbblSzrDtct 11y agoYes, I am aware of this and my wife and I also backed the IndieGoGo. I hope it works as well as advertised! In the meantime, Pebble Seizure Detect is a decent stopgap measure. Empatica hadn't even been announced, when I first authored this software.