“What may be a significant step towards the “Holy Grail” of universal fall detection is myHalo Clip from Halo Monitoring. This an accelerometer that dispenses with conventional tilt sensors, instead using solid state sensors and motion signal processing. That means that the device supposedly picks up falls where the person lands in a sitting position (against a wall or furniture) and sends a caregiver alert.”
Article
Telecare Aware, 29 September 2009

