Monitoring and alerting system for home-alone elderly

• Main Author: Ang, Hui Ling
• Other Authors: Yvonne Lam Ying Hung
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Medical electronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77404
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report presents the design of a fall prevention system for the elderly using an Electromyography (EMG) based muscle sensor. The muscle sensor communicates with the microcontroller (Raspberry Pi) and Python programs are run to record and assess the elderly walking muscle strength. This informati...