From: pstemari@fsp.fsp.com (Paul Ste. Marie)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 94 19:19:02 PST
To: tcmay@netcom.com
Subject: real time surveillances
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> I can't speak for what Sandy S. meant, but I can assure you that a
> "broadcast polygraph" is not planned, nor is it likely to be
> technologically feasible any time soon.
> 
> The basic technology is for position localization, not vital sign
> reporting, etc. To be sure, a vital signs subsystem could be linked to
> another system (as could a polygraph, with a lot of effort). But such
> is not the main intended purpose.

My point was that essentially a (broadcast of vital signs) ==
(broadcast of polygraph).  There's some stuff that's different, but I
don't think that it's sufficient to make a real difference.

What your friends are current working on implementing, of course, is
not (yet) to this point.

	Paul