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Amazon wants to monitor you in your sleep using radar, for your benefit

The monitoring, according to Amazon, could help people with 'with mobility, speech, or tactile impairments,' and it could monitor sleep with a high degree of precision

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Amazon on June 22 asked the FCC, which regulates airwave uses, for permission to market a device that uses radar.

Todd Shields & Matt Day | Bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. has won U.S. permission to use radar to monitor consumers’ sleep habits.
 
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday granted Amazon.com Inc. approval to use a radar sensor to sense motion and “enable contactless sleep tracing functionalities.”

Amazon on June 22 asked the FCC, which regulates airwave uses, for permission to market a device that uses radar. The technology captures movement in three dimensions, enabling a user to control its features through simple gestures and movements, the company said in a filing.

The capability, according to Amazon, could help people with “with mobility, speech, or tactile impairments,”and it could

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