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Wi-Fi can now detect people in your home, and Steelers-Colts stats…

Wi-Fi detects people inside rooms by measuring how bodies disrupt signal movement through space, according to MakeUseOf's reporting on the emerging smart-home capability.

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Published 11:52 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

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First reported by Steelers Depot: “Stats Of The Weird: Steelers Vs Colts”, with reporting from MakeUseOf.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 11:52 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Gloria Vance and Brock Thunderson.
Topics: Wi-Fi, Steelers.
BBN covered this story before: Colts' Roman Wilson injury news lands before Steelers game (October 12).

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Steelers DepotStats Of The Weird: Steelers Vs Colts
MakeUseOfWi-Fi has a weird new smart-home use case: detecting people

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMakeUseOf reports that Wi-Fi has a new smart-home job: detecting people, by reading how bodies disturb the signal moving through a room.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo the signal bends around you like wind around a lighthouse. I can respect that.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe story does not say how accurate it is, or who gets the data, so I will not guess.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have seen small listening devices in embassy walls, and those at least admitted it.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistYour router knows when you walk to the fridge. And still can't hold a video call.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAs for the Steelers and Colts, Steelers Depot ran a stats-of-the-weird list ahead of tonight's game, and the number I would watch is the one nobody bothered to explain.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThen the router has the best seat. It counts everyone and says nothing.

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