C2I 2019: Young Innovator develops facial recognition door entry system for the elderly
The winner of this year's Young Innovator category - school pupil Freddie Howells - was inspired by the challenges facing his great Aunt Pat to develop a host of assistive care systems for the home
Category: Young Innovator
Winner: Facial Recognition Door Entry System and Home Monitoring System for the Elderly
Partners: Freddie Howells with CETEC
Category Sponsor: Solidworks
The winning entry to this year’s Young Innovator category - a system aimed at helping vulnerable elderly people live safely and independently in their own homes - provided the C2I judging panel with plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the future pipeline of engineering talent.
Inspired by the challenges facing his great Aunt Pat, who lives alone at home with dementia, Freddie Howells developed a facial recognition door entry system to protect her from unwanted visitors alongside a suite of home monitoring technologies to check up on her welfare.
Developed by Freddie when he was just 12 years old (he’s just turned 14) the system was created using a Raspberry Pi microcomputer.
For the entry system a PIR motion sensor attached to the front door triggers a camera to take an image when motion is detected.
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