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Young Welsh inventor develops dementia-friendly entry system

14 December 2019
Freddie Howells and Steve Blackler
Freddie Howells and Steve Blackler

 

An access control company is helping a Welsh boy develop a system that he devised to help dementia sufferers.

When Freddie Howells heard his 88-year-old great aunt Pat, who has dementia, was struggling with potentially letting strangers into her home, he wanted to do something. So Freddie developed a facial recognition, door entry and home monitoring system, the Door Pi Plus. 

The system comprises a motion sensor attached to the individual’s front door that detects motion, and a...

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