Comment by stevenicr | Hacker News Reader

Comment by stevenicr | Hacker News Reader

Pretty sure I saw a couple of party detection devices shown on some netflix airBnb creators show like 8(?) years ago. (show had a firehouse in DC revamp, then another episode with a california(?) 70's pad with 70s furniture, decor, pool.. definitely the kind of place you may want to party, yet the owners were hesitant to list it if they could not prevent that...

I believe they used a combination of sound dB meters and carbon monoxide detectors to determine approx number of people and how loud they were.

Sounds like this thing is another interesting way to gauge similar activities, which is interesting, but I would shy away from calling it first.

Maybe 'unapproved gathering detection alerts you if too many cell phones are detected on or near your property' - I dunno.

That's how it works.

"Party Squasher counts the number of mobile phones in and around your house."

I wonder if it's smart enough to detect if the neighbour is having a party or if people will start to get bogus Airbnb complaints from properties with these devices.

Carbon dioxide* detectors, people don’t produce carbon monoxide

Well, actually, that's untrue. Carbonylhemoglobin formation due to metabolic and environmental CO, and subsequent breakdown releases CO. There are, in fact, CO breath analyzers. Smokers and smoke inhalation patients have much higher levels, whereas ordinary healthy people have detectable, nonzero levels. For the point of detecting crowds, it's still meaningless.

>> I believe they used a combination of sound dB meters and carbon monoxide detectors to determine approx number of people and how loud they were.

> Carbon dioxide* detectors, people don’t produce carbon monoxide

Wouldn't smokers produce carbon monoxide when they smoked? That might be something they'd be legitimately interested in.

Thanks for the note! I tend to get all those things mixed up, I will try to remember this.

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