I have to take exception to the idea that Uber invented summoning a car with a phone app. I've been able to call taxi companies with the "make a phone call" app for decades.
I, too, thought that I was helping. I mentioned things in private replies, not "to the list". I gave up on that long ago.
The one that really irks me is then/than. That and people who pronounce the 't' in often. It ruins the orphan/often pun in Pirates of Penzance.
The only useful system would be operated by the facility. It would involve a server tracking the residents. It would feel somewhat like the Star Trek computer. Older efforts would have involved the resident carrying a card or pen that the system could ping (and such systems exist), but cards can be forgotten by residents, and existing designs can't tell which way the resident is looking, which is important for being able to give instructions like "turn around". Modern computer vision techniques might be up to the task, allowing tracking residents without need for a non-removable wrist strap, and could also give facing direction. A plus, from the facility's perspective would be faster detection of falls, for example. Control of many locally placed speakers permits targeting instructions. Control of indicator lights and/or monitors could assist in giving directions. Such a system could integrate with more invasive monitoring (pulse, breathing, etc.) for residents in worse shape. It would be a big project, and a potentially lucrative one for a supplier of medical aids, like GE or a lucky startup.
But there is no substitute for staff, and one possible "actuator" is informing staff that a resident appears to be wandering, distressed, or incapacitated.
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So long as you're using it from a chair, and not in bed, I like those TV tables
that used to be advertised on UHF. The legs are L shaped, with the vertical
being a telescoping pair of tubes with sprung pins pushing out through holes
in the tubes to lock it at any of several heights, or at right angles short as
part of folding flat for storage. I'm a big guy, and I find the heights
adequate. The table top can be placed at three different angles, the middle
one being horizontal. I tried the tipped toward me angle to see if it made
typing more comfortable, but I find flat is best. With my Satellite M45-S165
there is adequate room for a mouse. I got it at a Brooks for $30, though I've
seen one for $20 recently (don't know if it's identical). I wouldn't want to
try to fit it in a laptop bag or backpack, but it's no problem to transport in
my Honda Insight.
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It has been decades since 1984. Why are we surprised?
I have to take exception to the idea that Uber invented summoning a car with a phone app. I've been able to call taxi companies with the "make a phone call" app for decades.
I, too, thought that I was helping. I mentioned things in private replies, not "to the list". I gave up on that long ago. The one that really irks me is then/than. That and people who pronounce the 't' in often. It ruins the orphan/often pun in Pirates of Penzance.
Hot ziggity! Planet-X!!!
The only useful system would be operated by the facility. It would involve a server tracking the residents. It would feel somewhat like the Star Trek computer. Older efforts would have involved the resident carrying a card or pen that the system could ping (and such systems exist), but cards can be forgotten by residents, and existing designs can't tell which way the resident is looking, which is important for being able to give instructions like "turn around". Modern computer vision techniques might be up to the task, allowing tracking residents without need for a non-removable wrist strap, and could also give facing direction. A plus, from the facility's perspective would be faster detection of falls, for example. Control of many locally placed speakers permits targeting instructions. Control of indicator lights and/or monitors could assist in giving directions. Such a system could integrate with more invasive monitoring (pulse, breathing, etc.) for residents in worse shape. It would be a big project, and a potentially lucrative one for a supplier of medical aids, like GE or a lucky startup. But there is no substitute for staff, and one possible "actuator" is informing staff that a resident appears to be wandering, distressed, or incapacitated.
So long as you're using it from a chair, and not in bed, I like those TV tables that used to be advertised on UHF. The legs are L shaped, with the vertical being a telescoping pair of tubes with sprung pins pushing out through holes in the tubes to lock it at any of several heights, or at right angles short as part of folding flat for storage. I'm a big guy, and I find the heights adequate. The table top can be placed at three different angles, the middle one being horizontal. I tried the tipped toward me angle to see if it made typing more comfortable, but I find flat is best. With my Satellite M45-S165 there is adequate room for a mouse. I got it at a Brooks for $30, though I've seen one for $20 recently (don't know if it's identical). I wouldn't want to try to fit it in a laptop bag or backpack, but it's no problem to transport in my Honda Insight.