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One of the use cases I saw somewhere for 5G was "smart wine glasses". Like glasses with sensors in them so the waiter at a restaurant would know where he neede
by rvense 7y ago
One of the use cases I saw somewhere for 5G was "smart wine glasses".
Like glasses with sensors in them so the waiter at a restaurant would know where he needed to go to refill someone's glass.
This was in a context where it definitely was not an ironic jab at the overuse of technology.
I don't know if the product actually exists, but honestly. Honestly. Smart wine glasses! I think it's just like... a really, really dumb idea. And if that's the kind of thing that 5G is going to enable, I absolutely do think we should consider it a threat to the environment.
- antisemiotic 7y agoI've seen wireless thingies that would beep when your order is ready at kebab joints. Since the basic principle is the same (1-bit signaling), I'm pretty sure it could be just as well rolled out right now, unfortunately.
- cesarb 7y ago> And if that's the kind of thing that 5G is going to enable, I absolutely do think we should consider it a threat to the environment. That use case is already enabled by existing 802.15.4 protocols, no need to wait for 5G.