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I did a lot of research into the state of Ultra Wideband (UWB) during the early 00s. It utilized time of flight and a wide band of frequencies to do similar things. There were 2-3 major, well funded companies pursuing the tech at the time.

Interestingly those companies never made it commercially, I suppose because the cost of computation was prohibitive and they required special antenna.

It is very exciting that the technology can now be done in a cost effective manner.

Most interesting though is how easily and effective ML was in adding functionality to this implementation. Very cool.



No sure how these guys (https://www.xethru.com/) are doing financially, but they sell development kits for respiration sensors etc.


Been following these guys for a while. Fascinating product.

To me though the most obvious but sadly simple use for this is sensor lights in damn toilets. Sit on the toilet for more than a few minutes in some places and the damn lights go out!




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