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	Podcast:		TED Talks Daily
	Episode:		A new way to monitor vital signs (that can see through walls) \| Dina Katabi
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:13:17
	Publish Date:		2018-07-12 09:57:32
	Description:		At MIT, Dina Katabi and her team are working on a bold new way to monitor patients' vital signs in a hospital (or even at home), without wearables or bulky, beeping devices. Bonus: it can see through walls. In a mind-blowing talk and demo, Katabi previews a system that captures the reflections of signals like Wi-Fi as they bounce off people, creating a reliable record of vitals for healthcare workers and patients. And in a brief Q&A with TED curator Helen Walters, Katabi discusses safeguards being put in place to prevent people from using this tech to monitor somebody without their consent.
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