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  • Final-year project · Monash
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Gait-Based Early Dementia Detection

A self-powered smart insole that captures gait and uses AI to track its variability as an early biomarker of dementia. Predictive, not diagnostic. Built to supplement a GP pathway.

Stack

  • Nordic nRF54L15
  • PVDF energy harvesting
  • FSR + 6-DOF IMU
  • BLE
  • CNN + LSTM

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What I built

  • A CNN+LSTM model tracks short- and long-term gait variability as an early biomarker of dementia. Predictive, not diagnostic, it supplements a GP pathway.
  • Self-powered hardware: PVDF piezo energy harvesting with hybrid supercapacitor/LiPo storage, FSR pressure sensors and a 6-DOF IMU sampled at ≥100 Hz on a Nordic nRF54L15.
  • Sensor data bursts over BLE to a phone app that runs the model. FYP A (initial paper) done; FYP B (final paper + prototype) in progress, 2026.