IBM Multi-Touch Smart Floor Calls 911 When You Fall
From: Mashable Tech
By: Adam Falk & Joann Pan

The kitchen floors of the future are here. IBM has been granted a US patent
for a multi-touch smart floor that can detect home intruders or call "911"
when you’ve fallen down.  

In the full patent report, IBM explains that the floor can be attached to
various monitors and devices that record time and movement, among other
things. The floor could detect a “person lying prone on the floor” or report
a person suffering a heart attack. 

Read the entire article and view a video (1:37) at:
http://mashable.com/2012/04/11/ibm-smart-floor/

Patent:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&S1=08138882&OS=PN/08138882&RS=PN/08138882