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At the moment we, are developing the HUME, this is a platform which allows us to measure emotions of people who cannot express these themselves. With the HUME we want to give people with an intellectual disability or dementia who are not able to express their emotions, a voice. We are eager to improve their […]
In the last few months, Mentech/EMOOD, has developed a happiness app for people with a disability or dementia, in collaboration with Severinus. The first version of the app is now available for everyone to use, which is why we proudly present the Feelix app! The Feelix app has been developed to enable the social […]
Concept version HUME application Last Wednesday, the fourth community meeting of the HUME pilot study with all participating partners took place. In this meeting the current state of the HUME, important developments and cases were discussed. An important development, and therefore an important topic for the meeting, is the HUME application. This application will […]
EINDHOVEN – At the beginning of September, Eric Riegen, healthcare entrepreneur and former CEO of Barry Emons BV, took office as investor and commercial director at Mentech Innovation. Eric brings the right expertise to successfully market the HUME in 2021. The HUME is a software system that can recognize stress in people with misunderstood behavior […]
Various paths have led to Mentech Innovation. Some discovered Mentech while still studying, during their degree’s internship and others were attracted by the values of Mentech.
It started with a passion to increase quality of life and happiness of vulnerable people. Reon Smits is the CTO of Mentech Innovation and in charge of the technology and roadmap.
Mentech Innovation requested ten artists of Atelier Severinus to design a logo for the HUME®.
Mentech Innovation is proud to announce that the HUME is nominated for the Value-Based Health Care Dragon’s Endorsement 2020!
This week Mentech was invited by the Emiliusschool to present the HUME to teachers and employees of special education schools from Poland, Lithuania and the UK for a European exchange program of Erasmus+.
The community meeting with the HUME pilot study partners took place at ORO in Deurne. The partners are enthusiastic about the progress. During the feedback session experiences were exchanged and wishes for the study discussed.
On the 12th of January, Mentech was featured in the Dutch television program “Hart van Nederland” on the SBS6 channel.
Mentech Innovation and the HUME are covered in December 2019 by Te Berde, the quarterly magazine of Severinus. Read the full aricle below (in Dutch).
Many people with intellectual disabilities cannot state how they feel. As a result, they often experience unnecessary moments of stress and they are not always understood by their environment. Better understanding and appropriate interventions may lead to less tense situations, but also to less tension among healthcare providers. ‘s Heeren Loo has started a pilot […]
“Every person a place in the heart of our society.” Humanitas DMH, a national humanistic care organization for people with intellectual disabilities, puts people at the center of everything they do. Every individual is given the space to find and keep a place in society. To contribute to this, Humanitas DMH has started a collaboration […]
In cooperation with Special Olympics Netherlands, Mentech is developing an app for athletes with a intellectual disability. The app encourages athletes to work on their condition and health on a daily basis, making them fitter and healthier both on the sports field and in daily life.
Mentech Innovation presented the HUME during the national inspiration market of interest group Sien ‘Living with a mental disability. How then? “.
Nice article about Mentech Innovation and our product the HUME in MagaSien, a news medium from interest group Sien that is committed to people with mental disabilities (in Dutch).
“Really knowing the client is important. Who are you, what can you do, what do you want, what do you need help with, what makes you happy, what makes you sad? ”SWZ, a care organization for people with mental (or multiple) disabilities, focuses on the support question of the client in everything that they do. […]
The Brabant Startup Fund invests in Mentech Innovation to accelerate the development of the HUME.
Together with Dutch healthcare organisations, Mentech Innovation has been working on a national pilot study to validate HUME in a practical setting within healthcare organisations.
Our CEO Erwin Meinders has visited the Dutch House of Representatives to discuss the challenges in long-term care.
Mentech Innovation featured in an article in the FRITS magazine on the investment climate for innovative technology companies in the city of Eindhoven.
Sunday the 1st of September 2019, Mentech Innovation was broadcasted on national television! Did you miss the broadcast? You can now also watch the item on YouTube!
Mentech Innovation will be featuring in an item on healthcare companies in the Dutch program Barometer of the broadcast company RTL-Z.
“ORO makes you grow with happiness. This involves choosing and participating. I want this and certainly not that.” To contribute to this ambition, ORO has started a collaboration with Mentech Innovation. Mentech Innovation is the developer of the HUME, a digital system for recognizing stress and stress build-up by people with mental disabilities. Many people […]
