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Cool project, but it's hard for me to see applications here. > Can a pair of WiFi transceivers outside the house determine if the person inside the house is th
by dvt 7y ago
Cool project, but it's hard for me to see applications here.
> Can a pair of WiFi transceivers outside the house determine if the person inside the house is the same as the one in the robbery video? Questions such as this have motivated this new technology
We have windows, tiny little cameras that go through walls, and we can ping cell-phones. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't all of those work better than this incredibly convoluted method?
- z3c0 7y agoIn a practical sense, yes, there are innumerably easier methods for determining the presence of a a person within a building. On a legal basis, however, in some states it's illegal to even look over a privacy fence without a search warrant. I imagine this approach is less accounted for by lawmakers of the past.
- Johnny555 7y agoThere's lots of applications -- how about a motion sensor to tell you when there's a person on the other side of your door -- and since it's modeled off of humans, it's immune to false signals from cars or animals. And since it could use your existing home Wifi as the source signal thus the sensor would be receive-only, it could be very battery efficient so could last a long time on battery.
- mic47 7y ago> We have windows, tiny little cameras that go through walls, and we can ping cell-phones. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't all of those work better than this incredibly convoluted method? This is research. Currently it's unreliable (83% is super low) and convoluted, but with more research and investments, it is possible that they would be able to make it reliable and practical.