To Our Advisors, Mentors and Extended Family

Scott and I met with Ben from Arduino last week to talk about our use case of adding Arduino sensors into our smart and connected products.

What was supposed to be a simple check box of “yes, we are doing it” turned out to be an amazing talk on Numorpho’s basis and how we plan to connect the dots between people, process and technology to enable the future of automation.

Here is the unedited link where we talk about:

• Numorpho’s underpinnings,
• the bind between business-speak and technology,
• why a platform approach is key for smart manufacturing,
• the product development process for the smart helmet that began at MxD,
• data engineering – how we plan to connect data from source to storage and enable its actionability,
• our go to market approach,
• how we are using the power of partnerships – our Linked Solutioning based on our Boards of Collaboration – chess boards that showcase our themed relationships, and
• why Arduino?

to build a rich connected future.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tjpKuGPlV5iy0ftYs7CcdFMxT_beLyRS/view

Ben has an amazing knack to ask the right questions and to stage the flow of conversation that bubbled up our thesis in a coordinated and synthesized way. Arduino allowed us to be broad based in our approach to solutioning rather than asking us specific questions on what we are going to do with their sensors at the onset that helped evolve the story and for it to be a complete representation of what we do.

Make No Little Plans, Momentum Amplified and Onward and Upward are themes I use when I describe our Everything Connected philosophy, and this interview touches on all of them.

Here is a holistic image of what we talked about:

Similar to another chip provider’s theme, we would like to state that our smart and connected products will have Arduino inside. Arduino are going to have an edited version be showcased in their use case summaries that has a large community following.

A lot of the items I’ve mentioned has context from our .org site that I have been updating and adding items to on a daily basis to make it a compendium of our story and basis for existence.

We would like to thank Ardunio for including us in their esteemed list of companies featuring their use cases and look forward to a long partnership ahead.

NITIN UCHIL Founder, CEO & Technical Evangelist
nitin.uchil@numorpho.com

Response from Dr. Vinekar:

Reviewed the material and watched the video. I presume these sensors will transmit information about the potential dangers to the central processors/control center.

Is there going to be audio and speaker that will communicate with the user? The user can then be promptly cautioned and given directions. Also, the user could talk to a microphone to a central monitoring facility. (Arduino has another sensor called Nicla Voice that could be used for this purpose).

If a large number of users are being monitored simultaneously the sensor could draw the attention of the monitor and prioritize his/her safety related responses. So the detect can immediately lead to protect. (Depending upon the use case we would have cell phone integrated to the helmet that the user/patient can wear around their neck to be connected all the time).

Not clear what exactly the rear sensor will do in a nursing home or elderly frail user but makes sense for biking user, construction, or military user. (The Nicla Sense ME sensor is for motion and environment monitoring for certain use cases like recreation and military).

If AI could take over the monitoring it will be able to attend to a large number of users simultaneously and also respond more effectively for multiple users concurrently in an efficient manner. The same AI could be trained to protect the elderly, construction workers, and military soldiers or workers in any hazardous industry. (We are looking at integrating Generative AI technology in conjunction with LLM like ChatGPT to be a collaborative partner in the ecosystem.)

Of course, implied here is that each helmet with have an ID and location (specific 10/20) so help can reach promptly. The life line the elderly wear as a necklace can send alarm and call for help. (Yes a phone around the neck would serve this purpose.)

However, there is no mechanism for the monitor to talk to the user to give specific directions and even if there is a way to communicate the monitor cannot see what is exactly happening. Other cameras in the residence and workplace could capture that information. The goal of everything connected is to create a better and safer environment and protect all the users in different settings, as I understand it. (Yes the helmet sensor will be integrated with other cameras and sensors in the vicinity).

Risk management is proactive, detecting the risk or danger and responding to protect is the next step, getting the user out of the harm’s way or sending first responders promptly completes the loop. The cybernetic system in place will tremendously increase the efficiency and efficacy of safety management and may even keep the loved ones in the loop.

Hope the above is already incorporated in your construct. All this can be explained in simple language to the end-user and it will help in marketing if the consumer appreciates the unique advantages offered by the product.