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MIT WiTrack: Cheap, through-wall 3D motion tracking for gaming, fall detection, smart homes
2013-12-11 15:12:57| Extremetech
A research group at MIT has created a high-resolution, 3D motion tracking system that works through walls and other obstructions. From a static location connected to a computer, the system can track you as you walk around your house. Even when tracking you through walls or obstructions, it has enough resolution to detect gestures, such as lifting your arm. The system, called WiTrack, uses very simple hardware and software to perform the tracking -- as a result, it is much cheaper, economically and computationally, than existing systems such as Kinect that use computer vision to track you.
Power outage that affected 7,500 homes restored in an hour
2013-12-08 02:51:55| Semiconductors - Topix.net
About 7,500 residential customers who lost power about 10:50 Friday night were without electricity for only about an hour.
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Half-million homes at risk are not covered by flood scheme
2013-12-07 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Almost half the homes deemed at serious risk from flooding will not be covered under the government's new flood insurance scheme because officials have decided to omit the future impact of climate change. As the cleanup continues on coastlines inundated by the worst tidal surge for 60 years, it has emerged that the government's flood insurance deal, Flood Re, is likely to cover just 500,000 homes. Yet the government's owncomprehensive Climate Change Impact Assessment reveals that, when factoring...
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Protect Your Home's Plumbing this Winter
2013-12-05 16:30:44| PortlandOnline
Safety tips from the Portland Water Bureau.
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Protect your home's plumbing this winter
2013-12-05 16:27:36| PortlandOnline
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