If the government wants to track a disabled person, they wouldn't need to bug the wheelchair. They'll just track the cellphone that everyone over the age of eight carries.
Once again, we gloss over the notion that the handicapped are PEOPLE. For this to work, the locator has to be mandatory, otherwise fraudsters would just turn it off.
What makes you think wheelchair users want their every move tracked any more than anyone else?
Now a wifi-enabled health and location monitor that can be easily controlled by the user sounds like something potentially useful.
The much bigger problem is that are the control connected? That can easily turn into something tragic in a similar way like the USB firmware problem we have earlier.
yeah I fail to see how 24/7 location tracked is "internet enabled". first off, it's not. it needs to use some cell network or other for the connectivity, not wifi or whatever. second, the internet in this case sounds to be just a carrier for something they shouldn't be putting on public internet in the first place (modern carriers provide services where you can buy a sim.. and the endpoint for that sims 3g ip connectivity is then in your own network).
it sure sounds better when trying to sell it to someone t
Awesome! (Score:1)
If any of them use the internet to violate copyright, would that make the wheelchair a mobile pirate base?
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Yes, one which the RIAA and MPAA will fight over which of them gets to remotely control it to launch it into the nearest river.
Didn't we already talk about this today? (Score:1)
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/10/07/2336229/europol-predicts-first-online-murder-by-end-of-this-year
Murder (Score:0)
But is it capable of murder? http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/10/07/2336229/europol-predicts-first-online-murder-by-end-of-this-year
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Tracking? (Score:2)
"What if a connected wheelchair spent all of its time far from the home of the person to whom it was assigned?"
What if we lived in a country where people had a right to privacy?
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If the government wants to track a disabled person, they wouldn't need to bug the wheelchair. They'll just track the cellphone that everyone over the age of eight carries.
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"What if a connected wheelchair spent all of its time far from the home of the person to whom it was assigned?"
What if we lived in a country where people had a right to privacy?
What if we lived in a country where people didn't defraud the government? The right to privacy is not the same as the right to commit crime.
And what about privacy? (Score:0)
Once again, we gloss over the notion that the handicapped are PEOPLE. For this to work, the locator has to be mandatory, otherwise fraudsters would just turn it off.
What makes you think wheelchair users want their every move tracked any more than anyone else?
Now a wifi-enabled health and location monitor that can be easily controlled by the user sounds like something potentially useful.
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yeah I fail to see how 24/7 location tracked is "internet enabled". first off, it's not. it needs to use some cell network or other for the connectivity, not wifi or whatever. second, the internet in this case sounds to be just a carrier for something they shouldn't be putting on public internet in the first place (modern carriers provide services where you can buy a sim.. and the endpoint for that sims 3g ip connectivity is then in your own network).
it sure sounds better when trying to sell it to someone t
Not a funny link (Score:0)
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/... [slashdot.org]
That's great, but (Score:2)
Can the wheelchair control a helicopter? Potential supervillain market.
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Can the wheelchair control a helicopter? Potential supervillain market.
You're thinking too small, the question is "can the wheelchair turn into a helicopter?"
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With a white cat.
Use twitter to drive my wheelchair. (Score:0)
Online Murder (Score:2)
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You think the wheelchair will run someone over? Or accelerate to 120mph and bust through a guardrail on the Pacific Coast Highway?
By the way, when the time comes, I'm planning on naming my wheelchair "Christine".
The Internet of Things is so stupid. It's going to provide us with a lot of comedy over the coming years.
Okay..... (Score:2)
Yawn, another what if [insert human accessory] was connected to the internet story.
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Dentures, baseball caps, nail clippers, condoms and intrauterine devices.
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Crazy people think the dentures one already happens. :P
I'll just leave this here for you... (Score:0)
http://bofh.ntk.net/BOFH/1995/bastard95-14.php ...yea.