CrossSense

The company helps patients with early-stage dementia via context-aware and medically approved smart glasses. Rather than providing reminders and to-do lists, CrossSense’s AI agent, Wispy, helps users with the order of tasks. Whether it be making a cup of tea or getting dressed, Wispy builds up users' confidence via contextual questions concerning what stage of a task comes next. This encourages dementia patients to keep cognitively active through emotional support, active guidance and timekeeping alerts.

CrossSense’s research started back in 2016, and it’s only in the last few years that technology has caught up with its vision. It's receiving industry recognition too, having won The Longitude Prize on Dementia and gaining funding from the National Institute for Health Research and Innovate UK. With pilot schemes indicating that 3 out of 4 subjects saw a significant improvement in quality of life, here’s to hoping CrossSense receives the continued backing to accelerate its pioneering work.