Opus 2024-323: Should-a-Beens: Where Kity, Kity

You have all probably seen the advertisements where the elderly lady has fallen and is calling out for help saying that she can’t get up.  I’ve been told that this can be a real problem not just an advertising gimmick.  When your bones crumble and your hip falls apart while you’re walking across the room there’s nothing you can do about it, but try to get help.  It can be real

There is though a danger out there that I think is overlooked and often ignored.  That is the danger of cats.  When my wife was gone for two weeks and I was responsible for the cat it started following me around as if it really cared.  In reality it wanted food.  It would sneak up on me and lay down in my path.  It would go between my feet as I was walking.  I don’t know how many times I almost fell because of this animal.

I am going to suggest an innovation or a modification to this item the companies are trying to sell so that seniors won’t fall and be left helpless.  You can call it cat radar or feline flasher.  You can call it whatever you want.  But it needs to have some kind of a sensor that lets you know when a cat is in the proximity and maybe increase in volume as the cat gets closer.  There might even be some AI thing which would sense when the cat had evil motives, and give it a blast of noise to scare it away.

The possibilities are endless. Remember you heard it here first.

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