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GroveStreams: Basic Data Upload

Click the image to see it in all its glory. Having used the sample GroveStreams Arduino code to simulate a temperature sensor, my next step has been to verify how data can be sent to the GroveStreams chart generator for…

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GroveStreams + Arduino = Cloud Display for Sensor Data

A relatively new web service called GroveStreams allows you to upload sensor data (or any other data) to the web for display and analysis. The have a sample tutorial for the Arduino which simulates a periodic temperature reading. This displays…

Posted in Sensors, Technology, Telemedicine, Wireless

microMedic Contest – We have a winner!

Well, I got a sixth place win in the Parallax microMedic contest with the Heartduino, an Arduino-based heart-rate monitor which displays the HR on a video screen. Below are the pages announcing the microMedic winners for which I submitted my…

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Champlain Mini Maker Faire

The Champlain Mini Maker Faire will take place on Saturday and Sunday, September 28, and 29, at the Shelburne Farms Coach Barn in Shelburne Vermont. I’ll be showing my Arduino projects. Look for a feast of 3d printers, robots, innovators,…

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Nootropic Video Experimenter: Kit Assembly

They were out of stock with the assembled boards, so I bought the kit for a savings of $10.00.  I followed the instructions on the web, without problems taking probably double the estimated time of one hour, I took two.…

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Pew Survey on Patients’ Attitude Toward Health & Technology

Interesting stuff. Here’s the data regarding people with chronic conditions…. People living with chronic conditions: In order to segment this group, we asked a series of questions to determine if a respondent is living with any of the following health…

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Posted in Healthcare Reform, Patient Engagement, Personal Technology, Technology-Enabled Home, Telemedicine

TVOut: Make your Arduino talk to your TV.

I’ve been trying out the (frankly, brilliant) TVOut library by Miles Metzler which allows your Arduino to talk to a TV using either NTSC (North America) or PAL (Europe) composite video. The hardware setup takes only two resistors, three jumper wires…

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Using Skype for Tele-Psychiatry

The LA Times, this morning has an article about using Skype for tele-psychiatry sessions, something that has been debated  for a long time.  Excerpt: Dr. Nilesh Shah, director of telemedicine for the VA San Diego, is blunt about his assessment…

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It’s Live! Arduino Heart Rate Monitor

  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…

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Comcast doesn’t think its customers need Gigabit Broadband

Sitting at the end of my Comcast business internet service, I was interested to see that the president of Comcast, David Cohen, in a reverse “Let them eat cake” moment, doesn’t think consumers need gigabit broadband. In an opinion piece…

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