Wearable Technology-Personal “airbags”

One of my regular “must reads” is Aging In Place Technology Watch. I love reading about all the new cool tech and how companies are innovating to make lives better for us as we age.  So catching up on reading emails, I was reading the post on the LeadingAge2015 Annual meeting.  The technologies reported in this post were fascinating, but the one that really caught my attention was HipHope.   Looking at the website, the best way I can describe the technology is wearable air bags.  

The website describes the device. “Hip-Hope™ is a revolutionary active hip protector device, providing unprecedented fall impact absorption effectiveness, combined with highly reliable real-time fall detection capability.  Hip-Hope™ unique achievements are a result of “out-of-the-box” design concepts and technological innovations.”

According to the website, the device deploys in the blink of the eye, and it looks compact and easily wearable.  Check out the video demonstrating it.