The developers of the network, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, see its primary use in care homes or hospital wards, to raise an immediate alarm in the case of a fall.

BBC: 'Magic carpet' can detect or even predict a fall

Mr Bacon was left banging the floor of his hallway with his walking stick for half an hour to raise the alarm.

BBC: Man, 90, dies after ?40 robbery at London home

You can raise the alarm if you see an objectionable comment, and we'll have clear guidelines for deciding if it should be removed.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Magazine | From the editor's desktop