MIT Gets FCC Nod for Ultra Wideband Sensor
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology approved a Massachusetts Institute of Technology waiver request for its WiTrack System, a swept-frequency ultra wideband indoor medical monitoring device (see 1903290014). Chairman Ajit Pai tied the approval to the FCC’s response to…
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COVID-19. Pai said he saw a prototype in action when at MIT in 2018. “Devices like these can be the difference between life or death, especially now when remote monitoring is critical for patients, seniors and their caregivers as we all practice social distancing,” he said Thursday. The device is designed to “measure physiological characteristics such as gait, breathing, heart rate, and sleep, and facilitates the detection of potentially life-threatening events, such as falls,” the order said.