designer: Futurewave design | @futurewave_design
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futurewave designs a wearable smart system reshaping communication in elder care facilities
kando reimagines nursing home care through a connected system of wearables, room interfaces, and central hubs that improves safety and supports caregivers.
Kando: a smart connected care system for elder care facilities
Kando is a smart care system designed to address the critical challenges facing elder care facilities today. Developed by Brussels-based creative product studio Futurewave, the system comprises three interconnected hardware products: the Kando Button, a wearable device residents clip onto themselves or their bed, featuring LED feedback and vibration confirmation for one-touch emergency interaction; the Kando Box, a wall-mounted unit that connects to the resident’s TV as an interactive visual interface; and central hubs that coordinate communication across the entire facility.
Futurewave’s Kando system Connects Residents and Caregivers
Creative product studio Futurewave handled the full scope of the project, product architecture, industrial design, electronics integration, embedded software, and prototyping, ensuring each component was both intuitive and industrially ready. The result is a system that streamlines care management, reduces response times, eliminates paper-based documentation, and lowers long-term operational costs for nursing homes. Kando reflects a broader design challenge: creating technology that genuinely serves an aging population, without sacrificing usability or warmth.
project info:
name: Kando
