Category Archives: ICT

E-Health Europe :: Philips launches automatic fall detector

By BabakF | Published: March 30, 2010

Dutch company, Philips, has launched a medical alert service that automatically detects if a person has fallen and then calls the emergency services for help. AutoAlert builds on Philips' Lifeline, which allows users to press a button and sends for help, by combining automatic fall detection capabilities in the same pendant. via E-Health Europe :: [...]

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Philips tests ‘Big Brother’ health checks – Times Online

By BabakF | Published: January 11, 2010

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.

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Chris Aniszczyk’s zx diatribe » OSGi, BUG and Modular Hardware

By BabakF | Published: January 11, 2010

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 [...]

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Harvard study: Computers don’t save hospitals money

By BabakF | Published: December 2, 2009

Hospital computer systems are often built for administrators, not doctors via Harvard study: Computers don’t save hospitals money.

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TV remotes may be the gateway to a pervasive wireless mesh

By BabakF | Published: December 1, 2009

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.