Buddi (AgeTech UK) ^{Tech-enabled Home Care}

Buddi is an innovative, high-growth and british technology company that develops location and health monitoring technologies. Buddi was founded in 2005 by entrepreneur Sara Murray OBE. They began by developing state-of-the-art, proprietary mobile technologies for locating vulnerable individuals. Today, Buddi provides technologies to support service users across more than 80% of UK local authorities, as well as to Government customers around the world. They believe that this new technology, when combined with a smartphone, will have a significant impact on enabling healthier, happier and more connected lives. Their team is motivated to develop new technologies and systems that will help people to live more active and connected lives. Their research and development is concentrated on breakthrough solutions, which will also aid in other areas of healthcare, including diabetes prevention. Wearing a buddi 24 hours a day keeps you and the people you care about in touch. The wristband has alert buttons, a fall sensor, and works with your smart phone through a secure, personalised app where you select the people who you’d like to connect with. If you press the alert buttons for help, or if the system detects that you may have fallen, a message is immediately sent to the people you care about (the connections you’ve chosen). The wristband and phone also notify you that an alert has been raised, which you can easily cancel if you decide it was not necessary.