India, April 8 -- Imagine struggling to remember where you placed your keys or forgetting important daily tasks. Now, imagine if your home could remind you, adapt to your needs, and evolve as your cognitive abilities change. That's the vision of Dr. Alisha Pradhan, assistant professor of informatics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), whose groundbreaking research explores how assistive technology can help people with mild dementia live independently.

Pradhan, alongside Dr. Emma Dixon from Clemson University, is leading a three-year, $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant project titled Future Proofing for Age-Related Changing Cognitive Abilities Using Smart Objects as Assistive Technologies. The project aims to d...