MmWave tech enables privacy-first monitoring in care homes

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MmWave technology could be a gamechanger for care homes struggling with the eternal tug-of-war between resident monitoring and privacy.

Fujitsu’s “Millimeter-Wave Monitoring System” hit the Japanese market last week and offers a refreshing alternative to the “cameras everywhere” approach that quite rightly makes a lot of us uncomfortable.

I’ve seen countless attempts to solve this problem over the years, but most end up feeling like a compromise. Fujitsu’s approach is ...