Thats the Arduino board at the top, and a mini-breadboard with the heart-rate monitor chip and 7 segment display on the bottom. Not quite as elegant as a Polar wristwatch monitor (which I compared to for accuracy)… but its…
I actually like don’t mind mowing my lawn. I have a battery-powered push mower called a Neuton, which I push around my 1/4 acre, using one battery for the front lawn, and a second battery for the back lawn plus the…
Parallax, along with with the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center and Carnegie Mellon, are sponsoring the microMedic contest for the use of vital-sign sensors for medical applications. Parallax has assembled a sensor and component kit targeted to…
In a post, Patient engagement will be tough task for health tech on InfoWorld http://bit.ly/ZpKCJh As an example, I learned last week at the HIMMS 2013 conference that one pilot project of at-home wireless glucose monitors at several hospitals reduced…
“What would old people do with a fiber optic broadband internet connection to their home?” (Click to enlarge the image).
1. We have begun a “soft opening”… with our Tele-Yoga for COPD/CHF patients, transmitting to 3 patients in their homes in California, which have been equipped with DocBoxes. Originating from our “studio” (the community exercise room) in one of Cathedral…
We have been deploying iPads for our health-care application, and I transferred my iPad from a person credit account to a corporate account. In the process I though it was understood that my credit card would no longer be charged,…
Times and technology change. My previous wireless scale from Tanita cost $350.00 and used BlueTooth to communicate to a computer. The FitBit Aria wifi scale works on a conventional wifi network. It will automatically register your weight and percentage body…
