Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-08
Ptosi notices the falls impact detectors miss
Ptosi is an iPhone app for people who faint, watching for slow collapses and checking whether the person gets back up before contacting a chosen person.
Why it surfacedThe site makes a precise case: a staged slide measured only 1.3 g while a fast fall reached 8.0 g, leaving impact detection with little to find. Ptosi says it caught 8 of 8 descents in four real recordings, while candidly noting that false-alarm rates have not yet been measured.
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