While we're on the subject of robots, I had pretty much the idea for more or less this robot, but no one wanted in. And now it will live on without any of us. Reminding.
Actually my idea was for a:
"stripped down neck-worn iphoneish device which automatically collects the day to day movements and interactions of an aged person with onset dementia, and based on simple rules, loops recordings (AV, transcripts, maps, timelines, pics) of those interactions back to a carer for later review and action. (doing so intelligently via evolving rules)"
and was completely batshit insane. The basic design was worked out on the ferry at the scary end of 25 waking hours. And by 'design worked out' I mean 'things that would be awesome', were typed with "give it 5 years and I assume this would be possible" appended to every paragraph, as if making up a span of time for no reason suddenly makes something feasible. Then at the end (5 years was up apparently) there's this:
I think it's all doable with current tech except perhaps having the thing not break the old guys neck. But batteries are going to improve.
It's also possible that the thing could be sort of distributed through some sort of a garment rather than being a closed box around the neck...
THAT's the sort of thinking that ends recessions.
Note: Our CC license does not at all apply to the top secret idea I just mentioned. If I see a confused old person shuffling around the supermarket with a couple of iphones duct taped to his head then I will be suing someone's teeth out.
1 comment:
whoa! you were overtired that weekend.
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