Fujitsu to get oldsters out the house and thoroughly caned Fujitsu exhibited a prototype of its GPS-enabled walking stick yesterday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The futuristic stick is aimed at getting older people out of the house, but would be equally at home slung over the arm of an Apple hipster while their iPod Nikes are in the wash. The user can configure their route …
"Anyway, what's the guess on how much this thing might cost? £100-150 would be mine."
Seems a bit pricey for what appears to be a mechanical paint stirrer with a few LEDs in the top. I'll be there's no remote control at all - it just gives random directions, because you can always blame the fogey when they get lost.
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You assume that the "user" is the oldster. If, instead, you think of this as a way of controlling your oldsters, then a range of interesting possibilities come to mind - like getting rid of unwanted & difficult elderly relatives, or handing them out free at a local care home and controlling your own coffin-dodger botnet.
So, downvote me, and I'll set 100 raving old people on you, in the belief that you are their GP. They will hunt you down, slowly, indefatigably, moving slowly and relentlessly. No matter how fast you run, they will keep plodding on, until they catch you, and start sharing details of their ailments with you. Haahaha!
Now, how can I make money out of this? Simple blackmail? Advertising? Or innovative physical denial or service attacks by sending them to form queues at the post office or other targets?
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