The scope of a new global healthcare market worth billions of pounds is being tested by Philips, the electronics group, in the UK with the world’s biggest trial of distance monitoring of chronically ill patients in their homes.
via Philips tests ‘Big Brother’ health checks – Times Online.
What is the BUG you ask? Well, it’s a bit hard to explain but on the high level think of it as programmable LEGOs for adults. It’s essentially a collection of electronic modules you can easily snap together and program to make any device or gadget you want. There are many modules available for the BUG…
via Chris Aniszczyk’s zx diatribe » OSGi, BUG and Modular Hardware.
After a couple of weeks in cold…
Creating a home emergency kit can be a simple to enormous undertaking depending on the level of energy and preparation you want to invest into it. Most people are on the “Stay warm and fed until the power comes back on” camp, not the “Prepared for zombie apocalypse” camp, and though it never hurts to prepare for the worst we'll be focusing more on the former than the latter.
via Put Together a Winter Home Emergency Kit – Stay In, Geek Out – Lifehacker.
Hospital computer systems are often built for administrators, not doctors
WiFi and cellular devices may be pushing for ever higher bandwidth, but the next big thing in wireless might be low-cost, low-power devices that form a mesh that includes everything from TV remotes to light switches.
via TV remotes may be the gateway to a pervasive wireless mesh.
