Friday, June 10, 2005

RFID Tracks Grandma

"In another experiment, researchers have tagged all of the items in a person's house with RFID sensors that effectively will tell a remote computer whether the occupant has moved a spoon or turned on the television. Though it might sound Orwellian in the abstract, the system is being designed to provide relatives or professional caregivers information on the daily habits of the elderly. Did they take their medicine? The system can't precisely confirm that, but it will relay information that a specific pill bottle was moved at a particular time." Source: ZDNET