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IBM Patent: Smart Floors Detect Heart Attacks, Intruders

Posted by Soulskill on from the skynet's-beginnings-are-humbler-than-i-expected dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An IBM patent issued in March describes multitouch floors that detect who is in the home and what they're doing – perfect for detecting intruders and falls, notes MSNBC. CEPro.com suggests the technology also could be used to replace cameras and sensor arrays typically required for gesture control, and could detect staggering teens and 'unregistered' boyfriends. The floors could have 'tremendous implications for home health technology.'"

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  1. What do you have to hide from your floor? by jeffb+(2.718) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "But everything they said was surely tattled back to the overness, if only by the dust at their feet."

    </shudder>

  2. In IBM/Soviet Floor Industry... by dryriver · · Score: 1, Interesting

    In IBM/Soviet Floor Industry, Smart Floor Stand on YOU! But seriously, this stupid patent actually mentions "detecting your teens throwning a party while you are away, if the floor detects there are more than six people in the house". Is this really a problem that needs a technological solution? And how much does it cost to have 400 sq meters of "smart floor" installed in your house to begin with? 50K or so?

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