Researchers say it could help keep buildings intruder-proof without the need for traditional CCTV. 29 April, 2021 23:01
Scientists have created a tool to equip objects like smartphones and laptops with a bat-like sense of their surroundings.
A machine-learning algorithm developed by experts at the University of Glasgow can measure echoes and sounds to generate images and create the shape, size and layout of the immediate environment.
Researchers say it could help keep buildings intruder-proof without the need for traditional CCTV, track the movements of vulnerable patients in nursing homes, and even track the rise and fall of a patient’s chest to alert health staff to changes in breathing.