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smallerize • yesterday at 9:53 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

This is actually a feature of the Plume wifi mesh devices. https://support.plume.com/s/article/Sense-Live-View?language... It's also available from any other ISP that uses them, or if you buy your own Plume device and a subscription. It's been there for years. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/03/from-wi-fi-to-spy-fi...

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transpute • yesterday at 10:34 PM

https://staceyoniot.com/the-next-big-wi-fi-standard-is-for-s...

> The IEEE plans to take the concepts for Wi-Fi sensing from the proprietary system built by Cognitive (which has been licensed to Qualcomm and also Plume) and create a standard interface for how the chips calculate interference that determines where in space an object is.

Other firmware sensing capability: https://www.cognitivesystems.com/caregiver/

  - Activity Tracking: Detects movement patterns to identify changes in daily routines to spot health concerns 
  - Sleep Monitoring: Tracks sleep duration, wake times and nighttime interruptions to assess sleep quality
  - Anomaly Detection: Establishes household baseline to proactively identify unusual patterns & changes in activity