A Black Box for People

lightwaveman writes "Developed for astronauts, a small device called 'the CPOD' does for people what black boxes do for airplanes. It's a compact, portable, wearable device -- a single piece of equipment that gathers a wide variety of vital signs. About the size of a computer mouse, a CPOD is worn around the waist. It's comfortable enough to be worn while sleeping. It's non-invasive. It takes only minutes to don. Importantly, it can track a person's physiologic functioning as they go about their normal routine -- they don't have to be tethered to some stationary device. It can store data for eight-hour periods for later downloading; alternatively, it can send it wirelessly, in real time, to some other device."

Comments

Compulsory?

[carcosa30]

And they're going to make us wear them, right?

Re:This is fine for black people

[dasmegabyte]

The whitebox has been in power for thousands of years. Isn't it time that the disenfranchised boxes of the world had their chance? I mean, it's not like there's a box quota or anything.