Re: Occupation sensor that works with people sitting still?

[marcus@xxxxxxxxxx (marcus hall)]

In article <pan.2007.02.15.03.15.21.126092@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Charles Sullivan  <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:45:19 -0600, Gerald wrote:
>You've probably read that WalMart and other large chains are,
>or will be, requiring RFID chips attached to all their goods
>for automated inventory control.  It won't be too long before
>all your clothing has an RFID chip sewn into it somewhere, and
>all you'd need do is register each item of your clothing with
>your RFID host processor as you buy it.  Or maybe the processor
>could pick up on any RFID chip within range. (You'd have to
>have it reject RFID codes from furnishings in an unoccupied
>room.)
>
>This would solve the problem in your household. (Unless of course
>you're a family of nudists.) :-)

Of course, then you have to discriminate between the shirt that you are
wearing in your bedroom vs the shirts that are in the dresser drawer.

Hmm.  Perhaps you would have to sense if the RFID was actually *moving*?

( big :-) there.. )

Marcus Hall
marcus@xxxxxxxxxx