On the TV last night 21st October ( episode not yet on TVNZ Website )
Sheldon was busy tagging his socks with RFID so he could select the correct ones for different situations. Very similar to the "magic" bag http://www.hinz.org.nz/uploads/file/2008conference/P08.pdf . One thing I wondered was why he didn't use that technology to ensure that he didn't forget his USB stick ?
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
On-body tagging
Interesting US Patent (7,602,301 - link)
on a system to record human movement based around on-board sensors, and then uplinking via cellular or other networks. To me, one of the intersting aspects, particularly in terms of activity tracking is the degree to which already installed sensors and tracking devices along with existing infrastructuctures can support it. This is already a commonplace in terms of cell-phone tracking, but I just got to wondering if what we will end up tracking is people's things, not them. For example if exoskeletons (http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/10/hal_robot_exoskeletons_available_for_rent-2/) catch on, tracking their ;location and settings and hence inferrring activity should be trivial.
on a system to record human movement based around on-board sensors, and then uplinking via cellular or other networks. To me, one of the intersting aspects, particularly in terms of activity tracking is the degree to which already installed sensors and tracking devices along with existing infrastructuctures can support it. This is already a commonplace in terms of cell-phone tracking, but I just got to wondering if what we will end up tracking is people's things, not them. For example if exoskeletons (http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/10/hal_robot_exoskeletons_available_for_rent-2/) catch on, tracking their ;location and settings and hence inferrring activity should be trivial.
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