Abstract: A health safety system for monitoring a security and a well-being of an individual includes a camera system configured to have an appearance and function of a wall-mountable light fixture. The camera system includes one or more cameras moveably attached to a cover plate, and the cover plate is fixedly attached to a wall plate. The cover plate is formed as a curved surface encasing the one or more cameras and the wall plate, the cover plate obscuring viewing of the one or more cameras from outside the cover plate, the curved surface comprising an opening for image reception by the one or more cameras. The system further includes a lamp shade removably attached to the wall-mounted camera system. In an aspect, the lamp shade includes a one-way viewing window configured to provide the visual line of sight for the one or more cameras.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for micropillar constructs for measuring contractile force of annular tissues, methods of quantifying biomechanical forces of a tissue, systems for quantifying biomechanical forces of a tissue, and the like.

Abstract: A system includes video cameras arranged to monitor a vulnerable person, and a processor system that receives video frames from the video cameras, the processor system comprising a processor and a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having machine instructions executed by the processor. The processor detects and identifies objects in a current received video frame, classifies an identified object as the person by applying a facial recognition algorithm that identifies the person, determines a posture of the person by identifying joints, limbs, and body parts, and their respective orientations to each other and to a plane, and immediately discards the current video frame. The processor then determines a change in motion, of the person, between the current received video frame and one or more prior received video frames, and, based on the determined posture and the change in motion, determines that the person has experienced a defined event.

Abstract: A system includes video cameras arranged to monitor a vulnerable person, and a processor system that receives video frames from the video cameras, the processor system comprising a processor and a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having machine instructions executed by the processor. The processor detects and identifies objects in a current received video frame, classifies an identified object as the person by applying a facial recognition algorithm that identifies the person, determines a posture of the person by identifying joints, limbs, and body parts, and their respective orientations to each other and to a plane, and immediately discards the current video frame. The processor then determines a change in motion, of the person, between the current received video frame and one or more prior received video frames, and, based on the determined posture and the change in motion, determines that the person has experienced a defined event.