This wall-mounted device wirelessly tracks walking speed without a wearable or a creepy camera
New research shows that tracking walking speed could actually be helpful for monitoring health, especially for older individuals. A new research project from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) hopes to help by tracking walking speed without requiring a wearable or constant camera recording.
The system, called “WiGait,” is a wall-mounted device that’s roughly the size of a picture frame. It works by sending out low amounts of radiation (roughly 1/100th of that of a smartphone, before you get too concerned), and measures how it reflects off the subject. WiGait can measure walking speed with 95 to 99 percent accuracy, and stride length of 85 to 99 percent accuracy. The research team claims that the system…
