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Airlines safety improves through automobile solutions

The de Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner, was launched in 1952. Tragically, within a year of its entry into service, the aircraft experienced a series of highly publicized accidents, with three Comets lost due to catastrophic mid-flight mishaps, resulting in significant loss of life. The Comet's engineering…

Simple alerting for elderly care

Bluguard, a Malaysian company, offers an Elderly Care solution that consists of a set of devices designed to enhance the safety and well-being of elderly individuals living alone or with caregivers. The product includes a motion sensor, a fall sensor, and a panic button that can be worn around the…

AI based wound management

Tetsuyu Care is a healthcare company that focuses on providing home-based care for patients with chronic illnesses or disabilities. One of their innovative programs is the "Care 4 Wounds" program, which aims to improve wound care management for patients. The program utilizes a mobile app that allows caregivers to monitor…

Smart use of fall detection technology in aged care

Not everyone is same. Customer segmentation as a concept doesn't go away when you age. Elders too have preferences and there is a market to service their diverse needs. Aged care homes have been experimenting with different concepts for making aged cares safe, engaging and comforting. Tigerplace is a industry…

Japan Post’s Mimamori service to elderly

As the global population of elderly (65+) increases, the challenges to keep them safe, healthy, engaged and contented is an area of focus for several countries. Japan has one of the highest percentage of elderly people and the rate seems to be increasing every year. Japan has introduced several innovative…

Canary from coal mine to software testing

Canary release is a technique to reduce the risk of introducing a new software version in production by slowly rolling out the change to a small subset of users before rolling it out to the entire infrastructure and making it available to everybody. Canary testing is recommended as good practice…

Dial before you dig

Dial before you dig (DBYD) is mostly free public service provided by many utilities or consortium of utilities (power, water, gas, telcos) to provide clear advice on the assets that might be impacted when someone wants to dig. This service helps lot of contractors, home owners, service providers to assess…

Chilean second currency model to tackle inflation

Chile is one of the country credited with inventing a second currency as a means to tackle their growing inflation. The Unidad de Fomento (UF) is a Unit of account that is used in Chile. The exchange rate between the UF and the Chilean peso is now (today) constantly adjusted…

Co-Constructing innovation for Resilience

What happens when two global industry leaders join hands to solve a problem ? One would expect that, – the problem to be solved has to be complex and gigantic – the solution has to be innovative. That’s what has exactly happened when the large reinsurance companies SwissRe and one…

London Underground,Shoes,Water Kettle and Plimsoll Line

In the mid 1800’s one of the biggest challenges of shipping was the loss of lives and material due to overloading of ships. The growing public concern on this matter finally made the British Parliament to take it seriously and find a solution. Finally in 1875,a solution was implemented. The…

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