[boffinAudio]

>Nobody in my family wears bathrobes and I'm pretty sure nobody in my country does (is this an american thing?)

Kind of an odd supposition, but okay .. I'm guessing you don't have much experience with the elderly and frail in care facilities, where it is pretty much policy to be robed when you get out of bed.

All of the elderly in my family (Europeans) use a robe when needed. Its not as 'rare' as you might think.

But fair enough, your point is that this mmWave-based fall detector doesn't need to be attached to the user. This means the end user is only going to be protected for as long as they are in the 'fall detection zone jail', alas. This is more of a prison than you might think - especially for elderly/care-needing individuals for whom mobility (outside, in a garden) is essential to their care and recovery .. wearing a device gives the individual far, far greater freedom over that of a 'zoned safety area' provided by a fixed-location installation ..

And for this reason, I simply don't agree that this mmWave thing is an improvement. It certainly is more convenient to care-givers, but its fixed-place requirement is a net loss for elderly/care.

[ChuckNorris89]

>I'm guessing you don't have much experience with the elderly and frail in care facilities, where it is pretty much policy to be robed when you get out of bed.

Except my grandma is at her apartment and that's where I wish to monitor her but in a private and dignified way, not like cattle with an tracking bracelet, and she wears no bathrobe in her apartment either (Eastern Europe things).

>But fair enough, your point is that this mmWave-based fall detector doesn't need to be attached to the user.

It is not my point, it's literally in the article/product description, which you did not read, and is the whole selling point of this widget. Just stick it to the ceiling and it detects anyone falling in that room. Simple. No need for invasive tracking solutions attached to people at all times.

> This is more of a prison than you might think

This sensor does not stop you from going outside where grandma can take a phone in her purse and is also safe as there are always people around to call for help if anything would happen vs in her apartment where she is always alone.

[usrusr]

Nothing wrong with "please take this wearable sensor (which might be a phone) with you if you go outdoors" and still making the indoors safe for occasions where the person at risk of falling fails to prepare like for a minor expedition. It's not either/or at all.