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Wi-Fi Sensing: Not a Threat to Personal Privacy Any Time Soon, nor Possibly Ever, Experts Confirm

by Sabrina Guillen | Sep 13, 2021 | Cognitive, Home Monitoring

The detection of disturbances in Wi-Fi signals for motion sensing applications – such as detecting the movement of a person through a room – is beginning to gain market entry as a service among home broadband ISPs. But Wi-Fi sensing has also recently been criticised...

Wi-Fi Sensing Adds Motion Detection and Gesture Recognition to Your Wireless Network

by Sabrina Guillen | Sep 10, 2020 | Cognitive, Home Monitoring, Standards, Wi-Fi Sensing

Thanks to the newest smart camera systems and their powerful analytics applications, IDC says the video surveillance camera market will grow to $44 billion by 2025. But regardless of how many cool features those devices integrate, many privacy-conscious consumers are...

For the IoT, User Anonymity Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought. It Should Be Baked In From the Start

by Sabrina Guillen | Aug 20, 2020 | Cognitive, Home Monitoring, IoT, Wi-Fi Sensing

THE INTERNET OF THINGS has the potential to usher in many possibilities—including a surveillance state. In the July issue, I wrote about how user consent is an important prerequisite for companies building connected devices. But there are other ways companies are...

Wireless Technology Is Transforming Motion Detection

by Sabrina Guillen | Jul 28, 2020 | Cognitive, Home Monitoring, Wi-Fi Sensing

Motion detection is a key feature of security systems in residential and commercial environments. Until recently, systems have relied heavily on closed circuit television (CCTV) and passive infrared (PIR) sensors, which both require significant investment and...

Home Monitoring Innovation in the Age of COVID-19

by Sabrina Guillen | Apr 10, 2020 | Cognitive, Home Monitoring, Wi-Fi Sensing

If you had told me on March 1st that by early April I’d be on indefinite lockdown in my San Jose home (along with the rest of the country) due to a pandemic, I would have laughed it off as a terrible plot idea for “The Twilight Zone.” Yet here we are. The impact of...

The Missing Link for the Smart Home of the Future: Cognitive Systems’ Aura WiFi Motion

by Sabrina Guillen | Mar 25, 2019 | Cognitive, Home Monitoring, Wi-Fi Sensing

The race to devise the next best smart home device is a tight one – the world’s largest tech companies are constantly introducing new features and products to a highly saturated market of eager consumers. However, there is one drawback to the current state...