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Integrating A GUI Into An Existing Medical Device

Posted by Hemos on from the build-it-from-the-bottom-up dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "As I'm not quite familiar with medical devices, I was fascinated by this long article from Medical Electronics Manufacturing. It tells us that "new technology makes graphical user interfaces (GUIs) a fast and cost-effective way to add features and improve on existing designs" of these medical devices. And it really looks simple to use. You just need a standard PC and an HTML authoring tool to develop your GUI. It is then compiled in micro-HTML and embedded in silicon, leading to a graphical OS chip which doesn't need to be powerful or have tons of memory. "The GUI shipped with the Amulet Technologies starter kit, for example, contains almost half a megabit of information in HTML. When all of the gifs, widgets, and other files are imported and compiled into micro-HTML, the file size is reduced to a mere 66 Kb of memory." This overview contains more details and a photograph of such a GUI at work."

8 of 129 comments (clear)

  1. Micro HTML eh? by nizcolas · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long before we get the first micro pop up ad?

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  2. Re:Code blue (screeen of death) by Scott+Hale · · Score: 5, Funny
    the file size is reduced to a mere 66 Kb of memory

    I doubt that's Windows

  3. Or, especially for slashdot, the first micro... by the+man+with+the+pla · · Score: 1, Funny

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    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
    Reason: You can type more than that for your comment.

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  4. from the finger-painting-dept. by Merik · · Score: 3, Funny

    A graphical OS chip eliminates the need for a marketing manager to possess a certification in C++ or other programming languages to develop the GUI. Rather, all that is needed is a PC, a commonplace text editor, and perhaps even the most basic and widely available graphics programs, such as Microsoft Paint.

    WoW! no longer will bad design be limited to the web. Now i can enjoy poor quality MSfingerpaint on my critical life support devices

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  5. Damn, a real breakthrough! by aiken_d · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine being able to take a half a megabit and reduce it to only 66K. Why, compressed, that data is only 2K larger than the uncompressed version. Eureka!

    (1024 * 512) = 524288 bits, or 65536 bytes, or 64K.

    Cheers
    -b

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  6. Without a GUI, this would happen by HungWeiLo · · Score: 3, Funny

    dr_pepr_> ls
    dr_pepr_> . .. hmo_files
    dr_pepr_> cd hmo_files
    dr_pepr_> ls
    dr_pepr_> . .. new_drug_test_subjects
    dr_pepr_> rm -rf new*
    dr_pepr_> uname
    dr_pepr_> unknown i586 gentoo 2.4.17custom
    dr_pepr_> uptime
    dr_pepr_> 8:08 am up 3 days load average: 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
    dr_pepr_> lynx www.slashdot.org
    Connection timed out
    dr_pepr_> lynx www.slashdot.org
    Connection timed out
    dr_pepr_> ipconfig

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  7. "Authoring Tool" by sbszine · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just need a standard PC and an HTML authoring tool to develop your GUI.

    I hope they mean a text editor. I would hate to entrust my life to a piece of machinery with a GUI 'authored' in FrontPage : )

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  8. My new profession by itsari · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think I found a new profession:
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Life Support System</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <input type="button" value="Live" onclick="live();" />
    <input type="button" value="Die" onclick="die();" />
    </body>
    </html>