Tri-Axis Motion Detection using MEMS for Unwired Mouse Navigation System in the Future Generation Machines

Abstract: Health monitoring is repeatedly mentioned as one of the main application areas for Pervasive computing. Mobile Health Care is the integration of mobile computing and health monitoring. It is the application of mobile computing technologies for improving communication among patients, physicians, and other health care workers. As mobile devices have become an inseparable part of our life it can integrate health care more seamlessly to our everyday life. It enables the delivery of accurate medical information anytime anywhere by means of mobile devices. Recent technological advances in sensors, low-power integrated circuits, and wireless communications have enabled the design of low-cost, miniature, lightweight and intelligent bio-sensor nodes. These nodes, capable of sensing, processing, and communicating one or more vital signs, can be seamlessly integrated into wireless personal or body area networks for mobile health monitoring. This paper, presents a mechanism for estimation of elderly well-being condition based on usage of house-hold appliances connected through various sensing units. Two new wellness functions are defined to determine the status of the elderly persons on performing essential daily activities. The developed system for monitoring and evaluation of essential daily activities was tested at the homes of four different elderly persons living alone and the results are encouraging in determining wellness of the elderly.

Keywords: SMS, GPRS, Zigbee Technology, GSM, RF Communication, Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)