tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3447904111731229427..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Seeing Through Walls with WiFiSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-81595854765036960672014-09-11T05:16:06.816-04:002014-09-11T05:16:06.816-04:00This provoked a thought: Not long ago I visited a ...This provoked a thought: Not long ago I visited a friend in a retirement home, and noticed staff was constantly in motion, interacting with residents. I mentioned to a staff member their engagement level was pretty high, and she said it was partially for psychological reasons, but primarily for early problem detection - falls, other immobility issues which might lead to falls or indicate a need for immediate medical attention.<br /><br />My thought is this: I wonder if, with sufficient processing power, some improvements to this might make it possible to immediately detect such issues. For a simple example, a passage or area in which people travel vertically and suddenly the vertical mass disappears, replaced by a horizontal mass at floor level.<br /><br />And, venturing into Minority Report territory, enough processor cycles could measure changes in activity type and amount that, conceivably, could indicate a precursor, or the increased probability of one.<br /><br />Could be a force multiplier. Aliennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-54079237258194637252014-09-11T00:35:12.274-04:002014-09-11T00:35:12.274-04:00UCSB has dome some excellent research.
Waaaay bac...UCSB has dome some excellent research.<br /><br />Waaaay back when I worked for Hughes Aircraft, Hughes had its own research facility (SBRL, I think it was) in Santa Barbara, and the ideas flowed back-and-forth like water through a sieve.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com