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The\u00a0Longitude Prize on Dementia<\/a>\u00a0has awarded the \u00a31 million grand prize to CrossSense<\/a>, a personalised AI-powered assistant developed for smart glasses. <\/p>\n CrossSense has been designed to identify everyday objects and guide people living with early-stage dementia through daily activities, with the ultimate aim of supporting them to live safely in their own homes for longer.<\/p>\n By asking gentle prompts, CrossSense\u2019s AI companion \u2013 Wispy \u2013 understands and learns a person\u2019s unique behaviours, with the AI adapting to each user\u2019s needs as their dementia progresses.<\/p>\n The glasses are said to capture the environment of the person living with dementia, with the AI interpreting that information to help the user do the things that define independence, from taking care of themselves to hosting friends and family. <\/p>\n CrossSense\u00a0has been developed by London-based social enterprise CrossSense Ltd. The team trained the technology with dozens of everyday activities, including getting dressed, managing household chores safely, making a cup of tea and interacting with loved ones. Wispy asks helpful questions and offers prompts so that the user makes their own choices, talking the user through what to do when they cannot remember a particular step in a process.<\/p>\n The interactive, talkative and patient AI companion offers cognitive stimulation to get people thinking, talking and imagining, so that individuals continue to see the relationships between things (e.g. kitchen, mugs, spoons, teabags, water, kettle and milk are all connected to making a cup of tea), which helps to maintain neural connections, slow cognitive decline in early-stage dementia and improve quality of life.<\/p>\n Working with the University of Sussex and a panel of people affected by dementia, the team observed improvements in some users\u2019 ability in naming objects, and other cognitive abilities in visual-spatial understanding, short-term and working memory \u2013\u00a0a component of memory that allows individuals to actively use information in the moment, such as following a conversation, solving a simple calculation, or remembering instructions.<\/p>\n The prize\u2019s panel of international expert judges agreed that the winning solution was a genuine breakthrough technology with revolutionary potential for people living with dementia and their families.<\/p>\n The Longitude Prize on Dementia is funded by\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s Society<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Innovate UK<\/a>\u00a0and is delivered by\u00a0Challenge Works<\/a>. It has driven the creation of personalised, technology-based tools that have been co-created with people living with dementia, helping them maintain their independence at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n