This is much like Project Soli. I started dreading devices like that. Sonars everywhere.
First thing i thought of is the horrible privacy implications when this tech becomes ubiquitous and cloud based
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#12very interesting!
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#13How about security? How does it protect other uses from controlling your device?
How does your phone protect other people from pressing your volume buttons, or using your touchscreen? Security is pretty irrelevant for a HID.
it's obviously pretty different when you don't have to be touching the phone to interact with it
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#14I work with sonar and the physical positioning of the sensors is important in trying to get useful results. Why is it these academic types don't release the apks or software? Just publications and maybe a video.
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#15I wonder how much power all the processing draws. Judging from the slow movements and the delayed update on the screens in this video, it's pretty heavy on the processor.
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#16I work with sonar and the physical positioning of the sensors is important in trying to get useful results. Why is it these academic types don't release the apks or software? Just publications and maybe a video.
You should try asking these academic types for the data and source code.
A lot of researchers are more than happy to discuss their work, but a big part of the academic industry is your research's impact and references. A way to get a better handle on who is looking at or following on with your work is to implicitly ask them to have a conversation with you before getting the whole kit 'n caboodle.
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#17I wonder if you can just run it on any smartphone or you need to configure the positions of microphones beforehand
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#19I work with sonar and the physical positioning of the sensors is important in trying to get useful results. Why is it these academic types don't release the apks or software? Just publications and maybe a video.
You should try asking these academic types for the data and source code. A lot of researchers are more than happy to discuss their work, but a big part of the academic industry is your research's impact and references. A way to get a better handle on who is looking at or following on with your work is to implicitly ask them to have a conversation with you before getting the whole kit 'n caboodle.
Additionally, a number of these research programs take the source code and make a go of a small business product.
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#20Cats will love it. Thats why the first ultrasound remote never became standard