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The only good application of this work I can come up with is to reduce the danger that comes from surprised cops in no-knock warrants. Still kinda evil though.
by droopybuns 10y ago
The only good application of this work I can come up with is to reduce the danger that comes from surprised cops in no-knock warrants.
Still kinda evil though.
- RijilV 10y agoWould be interesting for a home security system, or for enhancing Nest so the users don't have to walk past it for it to know you are in the home. Also the paper notes this approach has fewer privacy concerns than other tracking systems, which is true to the degree your goal is tracking locations in a house. However if all the sudden we all ended up with tracking systems in our house that would be a privacy concern.
- lovelearning 10y agoUseful for detecting if aged or ailing family members haven't moved in a while, and check on them.
- sroussey 10y agoTrue, some of these wifi tracking systems can track heart beat as well.
- yashinm92 10y agoA team from MIT has created a product for this specific purpose using a very similar technology: http://www.emeraldforhome.com/ http://www.emeraldforhome.com/
- jevyjevjevs 10y agoNot using WiFi, but their own RF spectrum. Very cool though.
- will_hughes 10y agoBetter home automation, perhaps.