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All modern smartphones come with a number of different sensors that can detect the ambient light, proximity, location and direction. But as we’ve been hearing, that’s just a start with many other sensors coming in the (near) future.
Japanese OKI recently developed a special human-detecting sensor technology that can distinguish between large movements like person walking about a room to minute movements such as breathing.
Relying on microwave sensors, OKI’s tech allows the configuration of discreet, nonintrusive systems, reducing discomfort in privacy-sensitive locations. What’s more, sensors can detect motion through furniture or bedding and are unaffected by ambient temperature fluctuations, allowing use even in bathrooms. In that sense, the technology is expected to be ideal for monitoring patients in homes or hospitals, as well as security areas.
However, we can easily imagine something like this built inside some future phone or perhaps a dedicated device that can communicate with smartphone to process and share the information with relevant parties. Talk about the prospects of mHealth…
[Via: FarEastGizmos]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
