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Health gadget add-ons for cellphones and laptops
May 17, 2005 01:49 PM EST | Health Gadgets , Mobile/Wireless | Email to Friend | Comments (0)
With an initial idea of assisting elderly people who have difficulty getting around when they need to see a doctor, a University of Florida engineer, Jenshan Lin, has gone further and built a working prototype for a small, portable system that can monitor a person's breathing and heart rate automatically via wireless signal, with no need for cords or plugs.
The goal is to make it easy for people to check their own vital signs, and then transmit them to medical personnel through a cellphone or internet connection with little more than a press of a button.
[Read the full story via cbc.ca...]
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