Sensors and Analytics for Monitoring Mobility and Memory - SAM3

05/03/2025

Congrats to Sensors and Analytics for Monitoring Mobility and Memory - SAM3 MASc student Will Sloan on receiving the Municipal Retirees Organization Ontario - MROO scholarship.

Congratulations to Carleton University (Official) graduate student Will Sloan who is the recipient of the 2025 Targeted . Will's graduate research focuses on using everyday devices like or earbuds to measure the physical health of people.

Will hopes his research gets used by to track their health to detect health problems before they become an issue and track their progress.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/Carleton-Scholarship-2025

02/24/2025

Webinar Details
📅 Date: February 26, 2025
⏰ Time: 1:00pm Atlantic
💻 Location: Online : https://lnkd.in/d3ykgPrj

**"We all have someone we love—a parent, a grandparent, an aunt or uncle—who wants to stay in their home, living independently for as long as possible. But as they age, safety, mobility, and daily tasks become more challenging.
What if technology could bridge that gap?
From smart home solutions to AI-powered health monitoring, innovation is transforming how we support aging at home.
How do you see technology shaping the future of aging in place?"**

We invite you to join us for an engaging webinar hosted by MOPC Network and MindfulTech Institute, exploring key aging personas and the evolving needs of older adults.

When discussing aging, we often begin with the concept of Aging Well — recognizing that not all older adults face immediate health challenges. From this foundation, we will explore:

- Aging Well – Independent older adults with no specific health concerns.
- Early Mobility Challenges – Those beginning to experience mobility limitations but maintaining full independence.
- Early Cognitive Challenges – Individuals facing the first signs of cognitive change while remaining independent.

For each persona, we will discuss real-world solutions available today to support their well-being. We will also touch on how these needs may evolve over time, leading to more dependence on caregivers and healthcare services—setting the stage for a deeper discussion at our upcoming April event.

"Join us in shaping a future where aging at home is safer, easier, and more dignified."

02/13/2025

**"We all have someone we love—a parent, a grandparent, an aunt or uncle—who wants to stay in their home, living independently for as long as possible. But as they age, safety, mobility, and daily tasks become more challenging.
What if technology could bridge that gap?
From smart home solutions to AI-powered health monitoring, innovation is transforming how we support aging at home.
How do you see technology shaping the future of aging in place?"**

We invite you to join us for an engaging webinar hosted by MOPC Network and MindfulTech Institute, exploring key aging personas and the evolving needs of older adults.

Webinar Details
📅 Date: February 26, 2025
⏰ Time: 1:00pm Atlantic
💻 Location: Online : https://lnkd.in/d3ykgPrj

When discussing aging, we often begin with the concept of Aging Well — recognizing that not all older adults face immediate health challenges. From this foundation, we will explore:

- Aging Well – Independent older adults with no specific health concerns.
- Early Mobility Challenges – Those beginning to experience mobility limitations but maintaining full independence.
- Early Cognitive Challenges – Individuals facing the first signs of cognitive change while remaining independent.

For each persona, we will discuss real-world solutions available today to support their well-being. We will also touch on how these needs may evolve over time, leading to more dependence on caregivers and healthcare services—setting the stage for a deeper discussion at our upcoming April event.

"Join us in shaping a future where aging at home is safer, easier, and more dignified."

11/28/2024

Two Sensors and Analytics for Monitoring Mobility and Memory - SAM3 research projects featured in Dr Shawn Marshall’s keynote in Bruyère Health Research Day. The ALTA with our partner ABLE Innovations and our driving simulator.

05/01/2024

Congrats to the capstone team and their great work with Connected Canadians.

🌟Congratulations to Ana, Subear, Jacob, and Farhan! These 4th-year Systems and Computer Engineering Students worked with Connected Canadians this past year on their capstone project, “How Can Amazon Alexa Assist with a Clinician’s Assessment?”. The project was supervised by Dr. Bruce Wallace and Dr. Frank Knoefel at Carleton’s School of Systems and Computer Engineering.

At CC, we thrive on exciting collaborations like this one, where every moment is a chance to learn and grow together. 🌱 Let's keep learning together and making a difference! 💫

04/04/2024

It’s !❤️ Did you know? 🤔: Researchers at the SAM3 AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub in Ottawa are building solutions to support caregivers and people living with dementia, including a wandering detection and diversion system. These solutions combine a variety of sensors to detect and determine activity and provide supportive feedback, such as activating lights or alerting .

04/04/2024

C’est la !❤️ Le saviez-vous? 🤔 Les chercheurs du Centre national d’innovation d’AGE-WELL SAM3 à Ottawa élaborent des solutions pour soutenir les aidants naturels et les personnes atteintes de démence, comme un système de détection de l’errance et de détournement. Ces solutions combinent différents capteurs pour détecter et déterminer l’activité et réagir de manière positive, comme en allumant les lumières ou en prévenant les .

10/27/2023

Congratulations to SAM3 Founder Dr. Rafik Goubran on this award.

📢 We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2023 AGE-WELL Honorary Fellow Award:
Jim Mann (Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging)
Lili Liu (University of Waterloo - Faculty of Health)
Rafik Goubran (Carleton University)
👏This award recognizes members who have made substantial contributions to research and/or innovation in the sector and to AGE-WELL. Congratulations! 🎉

10/27/2023

Congratulations to SAM3 Founder Dr. Rafik Goubran on this award.

📢Les récipiendaires de la bourse honorifique AGE-WELL 2023 sont :
Jim Mann (Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging)
Lili Liu (University of Waterloo - Faculty of Health)
Rafik Goubran (Carleton University)
👏Cette bourse récompense les membres qui ont contribué de façon importante à la recherche et à l’innovation dans le secteur , et à AGE-WELL. Félicitations! 🎉

09/25/2023

Our book on the Supportive Smart Home has been released today by Springer Nature in eBook form. The hard copy will be available in October.

This book explores current and future potential for smart home technologies to create environments that support the well-being and health of older adults

08/14/2023

Exciting to see AgeTech Innovation Week that combines many events into a single week. https://agetechinnovationweek.com/
Sensors and Analytics for Monitoring Mobility and Memory - SAM3 will be presenting many of our projects.

AGE-WELL is excited to host AgeTech Innovation Week from October 23 – 27, 2023 at the Hilton Toronto. AgeTech Innovation Week will be the premiere event for technology and innovation for aging and caregiving this year.

This unique, in-person event will bring together stakeholders in research, industry, government, and community organizations, older adults, caregivers, future leaders and others committed to enhancing lives through technology. Get ready for inspiring keynote presentations, dynamic panel discussions, the latest AgeTech innovations, workshops, networking opportunities, and more.

Five days of activities will be built around two exciting anchor events: the AGE-WELL Annual Conference featuring the latest research along with discussion of current issues by global and Canadian thought leaders; and the inaugural envisAGE Annual Forum, co-hosted by MEDTEQ+ and AGE-WELL, spotlighting SME and startup-driven innovation in partnership with health and community-based organizations.

AgeTech Innovation Week 2023 will be the premiere event for technology and innovation for aging and caregiving this year. Hosted by AGE-WELL, the week of events will include inspiring keynote presentations, dynamic panel discussions, the latest AgeTech innovations, workshops and networking opportuni...

07/13/2023

The Sensors and Analytics for Monitoring Mobility and Memory - SAM3 book on Supportive Smart Homes has been announced by the publisher for pre-order. Very exciting!

About this book
Significant health-industry human resource needs increase the reliance on family and friends to support older adults hoping to age in place. This book explores how recent improvements in integrated home technologies have the potential to address those challenges. The book considers how embedded home sensors can be used to monitor the health and wellbeing of older adults and how that can be used to assist with supporting safety and well-being. The content is designed to help multiple stakeholders in the supportive smart home space to better understand the complexity of this field and the need for transdisciplinary collaboration. These stakeholders include the older adults who will benefit from supportive smart home technology; informal and formal caregiver and healthcare professionals concerned about the older adult’s well-being; researchers from multiple disciplines in the supportive smart home area and their funders; companies looking to develop solutions and services or expand their offerings; policy makers who want to ensure privacy and equity in access and a successful integration of these technologies into the evolving health and social services sectors; and students, the future leaders in AgeTech. Overall, the intent of the book is to inspire engineers, computer scientists, industrial designers, clinicians and healthcare providers, social scientists, students, policy makers, and older adults and their caregivers to collaborate in advancing the supportive smart home space to develop more options for aging in place.

This book explores current and future potential for smart home technologies to create environments that support the well-being and health of older adults