Dina Katabi is designing the next generation of smart wireless devices that will sit in the background of a given room, gathering and interpreting data, rather than being wrapped around one’s wrist or worn elsewhere on the body. In this Q&A, Katabi, the Thuan (1990) and Nicole Pham Professor at MIT, discusses some of her recent work.
Q: Smartwatches and fitness trackers have given us a new level of personalized health information. What’s next?
A: The next frontier is the home, and building truly-intelligent wireless systems that understand people’s health and can interact with the environment and other …
