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*Fall Detection and Diversity*

Why not build fall detection into every phone?  And why don't we have these kinds of features?

I recently had a scare where my wife passed out and hit her head while walking our dog. Luckily a neighbor noticed and helped her back to our house.  It's highly unlikely she'd use a device like the one you see below, but I suspect an app on the phone would be acceptable (and more useful)

Which brings me back to product design.  When was the last time you saw _elder_ or _person with medical condition_ as a target user outside of a11y bug?  Having multiple points of view really matter.  Without it we're blind to many use cases across the design spectrum.


http://www.tunstallhealthcare.com.au/solutions/iVi