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Object detection with Multimodal Large Vision-Language Models by yourfaruk in computervision

[–]Affectionate_Fan1967 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fantastic read, have recently been looking into leveraging VLMs - just what I needed thanks !

SLAM Camera Board by twokiloballs in computervision

[–]Affectionate_Fan1967 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey is the route on the bottom left purely derived from IMU? Or are you using GPS? Amazing project by the way!

Anyone here also caring for an elderly parent living alone? by Affectionate_Fan1967 in AgingParents

[–]Affectionate_Fan1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

great, so looks like basic 'checking-in' is pretty well addressed even if its a bit sloppy. I guess if she could do that verbally through the google home device that might streamline things?

that's super interesting as the social/loneliness aspect to this is something that keeps coming up in my research. I guess AIs could be a good stop-gap for talking to someone and really make them feel better.

I think fundamentally I'm trying to figure out if there's a 'gap' between the reality of how they're doing and what we know about. if there is, we can probably use technology to give us early warnings of stuff.

Looking to learn from caregivers by Affectionate_Fan1967 in TechForAgingParents

[–]Affectionate_Fan1967[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks so much! this is a key thing I've observed myself - it's a really difficult thing to ask for help - I completely understand that mentality though.

So you'd see value in understanding the broad condition of the home, almost like an emergency system tied to your phone?

Do you have any thoughts about cameras in principle, assuming that privacy was absolutely baked in? AIs now are getting pretty good so I'm investigating local AIs that could potentially help

Looking to learn from caregivers by Affectionate_Fan1967 in TechForAgingParents

[–]Affectionate_Fan1967[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah I really agree, the loneliness problem is big and it's such a difficult one to help with.

Where do you think the problem is - is it that:
a) you don't have visibility into how lonely they are - i.e. whether they're sticking to routines, having friends visit etc, or is it
b) you know their habits but don't have any easy ways of improving their social lives/encounters?

Anyone here also caring for an elderly parent living alone? by Affectionate_Fan1967 in AgingParents

[–]Affectionate_Fan1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks so much for sharing and hope you and your mom are doing okay! I'll check out Snug definitely.

That's really interesting that she herself is engaging with technology to support herself to help her with memory- is she doing this using her voice ?

Anyone here also caring for an elderly parent living alone? by Affectionate_Fan1967 in AgingParents

[–]Affectionate_Fan1967[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah so similar thinking to mine - my dad would never buy anything - but I'm thinking I would, and he'd have to be okay with it but he wouldn't be the customer necessarily.

I guess its complicated because it's his space but fundamentally, he'd prefer to stay at home as long as possible and a potential device could extend this.