In May 2019 I was apart of the Teach Access Study Away Silicon Valley program. I had the opportunity to visit many technology companies that advocate for accessibility in their products including Google, Verizon Media, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple. Throughout the week, all student representatives were put in small cross-institutional teams to solve an accessibility challenge whilst gaining an understanding of how to implement a product to help improve the lives of the accessibility community. My team came up with the idea of a non-intrusive smart-home system designed to help those with memory impairments maintain their independence as well as have an easier system in place for caregivers to be able to easily care for their loved ones.
Helping Home is a feature within smart home systems for caregivers and people with short-term memory loss to provide a non-intrusive way to monitor the patient, improve their notion of independence and provide a cost effective way to take care of someone.