This is stupid not genius. Home automation sensors were able to determine human presence for decades. With new revolutionary tech you'll have to haul your i device around the house all the time.
That simply isn't the case. Current and past home automation sensors have not met widespread appeal. While variable in quality, they often have high error rates such as not being able to track stationary objects (the lights go off when you reading your newspaper), false positives (the toilets that flush while you are trying to wipe your behind), lag (lights that don't come on until you are halfway across the room), etc. as well as poor coverage (you have to have them all over your house), and lack of intelligent software and coherent networking. While current home automation has some successes, most people find it annoying and gimmicky on the balance because of all the problems put together.
An iBeacon could cover an entire level of a typical house and solve many of these problems making home automation actually work. A system where if you have been on the toilet for more than 30 seconds it flushed as soon as you step away from it suddenly becomes realistic. Lights could come on when you are nearing a room, not when you are already in it. Coffee pots that start when you get out of bed.
The obvious problem is that the iBeacon solution would require everyone to carry a phone at all times. This won't catch on. However, we could be moving this way when other 'wearables' are thrown into the mix. What you have to remember is that home automation currently is like what MP3 players were like in 1999- cool for some enthusiasts but gimmicky for everyone else. iBeacon could help change that.
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With all due respect, Proline, I think you may actually be delusional. You should seek professional help.
Your statement couldn't be further from the truth. I feel bad for you and your family.
I knew you would say that. You are probably one of those conspiracy nuts who reads about the NSA all day. However, scandal of the day notwithstanding, freedoms are at an all-time high. 300 years ago you would have had a choice of one or two religions or faced serious persecution. 250 years ago you would have had no say at all concerning the laws of your country. 200 years ago you could have been a slave. 100 years ago you wouldn't have been allowed to vote if you were a woman. 50 years ago you could have been chemically castrated by the state for being gay.
Freedoms have gone up in no small part because of technology, that's really the only way to explain the huge progress in the last century compared to the millennia before that. Communications and integration technologies are a huge part of these advances. Enjoy reading your doomsday newsletters, but sadly for you and happily for everyone else you will die an old man without getting to see the Orwellian apocalypse that you fantasize about.
