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"BodyTrak is the latest body-sensing system from the SciFiLab..." Name checks out. This kind of tech isn't going to be used primarily in smartwatches it's goin
by chatterhead 4y ago
"BodyTrak is the latest body-sensing system from the SciFiLab..."
Name checks out. This kind of tech isn't going to be used primarily in smartwatches it's going to be integrated into state-based surveillance.
- NavinF 4y agoYou can always count on HNers to point out that a neutral network designed to run realtime on devices that have a 1 watt-hour battery definitely "isn't going to be used primarily in smartwatches". The US gov't can't possibly afford to do offline pose estimation on a real GPU, am I right?
- notjulianjaynes 4y agoI could see this being used as something like an adjunct to cop body cameras, and likewise military applications. Maybe also a requirement for CDL drivers. From there it extends to car insurance companies offering consumers a "discount" if you give em your data, similar to that ODB thing they currently do.
- Avshalom 4y ago"State-based" my ass https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/31/amazon-warehouse-wristband-tracking https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/31/amazon-wa...
- chatterhead 4y agoYou mean the guy whose grandfather helped build the internet and who supplies the majority of US intel agencies with cloud computing, storage and access might be testing government technology in the public sector to not raise suspicion? >Soldier tracking >Prisoner tracking >Student tracking >Smartwatches