How it works
Small sensors, nothing worn or watched. It learns their normal and tells you what changed.
It learns their normal, so you notice changes early
Everyone has a rhythm: when they get up, how often the kettle goes on, how settled their nights are. Over a few weeks Central Core learns that rhythm, quietly, from small sensors and nothing worn or watched. Then it spots when the pattern starts to drift.
Learns their routine, not a standard one
Getting up, meals, moving between rooms, going to bed. Every home learns its own normal, so a night owl isn't flagged for being up late and an early riser isn't flagged at 6am.
Compares over time
Each update shows how this week compares with previous weeks, months and years, so slow changes like later mornings or restless nights stand out.
Alerts at your comfort level
You set the window you're comfortable with, such as up by 10am or no doors opening overnight. Small things wait for the morning update. Bigger ones send a text straight away.
A regular update you can read in a minute
A plain-English message every morning, and a fuller picture of their week and month, so you can check in before a change becomes a crisis.
Central Core is not a medical device and doesn't diagnose anything. It tells you what changed so you can decide what to do.
Home, out, or away for a few days, without anyone logging it
From the doors and the movement inside, Central Core works out whether someone is home, has popped out, or is away for a few days. Then it gets out of the way. These features are being built and tested in our own families' homes now.
Out and back
An outside door, then quiet, means they've probably gone out. A door and movement means they're back. If two people live there, it only ever says "someone's home" or "everyone's out", never who.
Holidays noticed for you
Nobody needs to remember to tell it. After a day or so away the morning update simply says "Away since Saturday", and empty days aren't treated as worrying ones.
A long time in the bathroom
With a small presence sensor in the bathroom, a stay far longer than their usual can be flagged straight away. That could be a fall, or being unable to get up.
Night-time bathroom trips
See how night-time trips compare with their usual nights, in the morning update. A change is simply something you know about, so you can decide whether to check in.
Everything in one place, for everyone who helps
Each home gets a private family portal. The family member who leads the care decides who else can see it, from brothers and sisters to a neighbour who pops in.
- Morning updates kept in one place, so anyone can catch up on the week.
- Trends comparing this week with previous weeks, months and years.
- A floor plan of the home showing where each sensor is. Turn on live view and it shows doors opening and movement room by room, updating every 15 seconds. It's off until the family chooses to turn it on.
- Sensor health, so you know when a battery needs changing.
- The Herbert Protocol profile, ready to send to the police in one tap.