Looking Deeper: Using Radar to Save Lives and Improve the World
(Room Ballroom G)
17 Oct 18
11:30 AM
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12:00 PM
This keynote will provide an in depth look at how radar is being used to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. Newly developed systems, utilizing groundbreaking methodologies, have spawned radar imaging and sensing applications in areas that save lives and improve our collective experience. After years of well-presented academic research indicating the potential of many of these approaches, parallel commercial applications are making a definitive market impact for the first time. From imaging cancer cells inside of a breast to determining the exact amount of water needed at the root of a tree, low-cost radar systems are integrated in mainstream solutions. In addition to these planet-altering applications, many of the same techniques are effecting daily life, in the smart home, in automobiles and even in retail stores. Specifically, we’ll look at three practical examples of radar in everyday settings: fall detection in a homecare context, monitoring a baby’s breathing rate inside of an automobile, and shopper insights gleaned by a consumer-packaged-goods company in the context of a marketing campaign. This talk will also look at systems and applications under development that may have a market impact in the coming years. To that end, we’ll see how researchers and academics are working hand in hand with companies to develop impactful solutions. Additionally, we’ll discuss the recent trend toward corporations making low cost development kits available to engineers, often with a platform upon which users may develop their own custom products. The keynote will conclude with guidance as to the next wave of radar applications that will effect industries and markets in the coming years.