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Lawn mowing as aerobic exercise?

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…

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Parallax microMedic Application Development Contest

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…

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Dept. of Uphill Battles

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…

Posted in Healthcare Reform, Personal Technology, Sensors, Technology, Telemedicine

The Technology Enabled Home

“What would old people do with a fiber optic broadband internet connection to their home?”  (Click to enlarge the image).

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The Technology Enabled Home: Applications and Bandwidth

I found myself building list of the applications that we would expect to be running in our rural senior housing sites, for both residents (The Technology Enabled Home) and the housing and health-care staff that are onsite. This should give…

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Quick Notes: Tele-Yoga, GrandCare Home Monitoring, H.323 video for Macintosh

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…

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Parallax / Polar Heart Rate Sensor

Parallax has added a Polar heart-rate sensor with chest strap to its line of sensors, as well as a receiver. Both are around $30.00 each. Found in the super wonderful Nuts and Volts magazine.

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