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

Sounds very much like the Medical Mood Ring

[sirdude]

Sounds very much like the Medical Mood Ring.

Re:This would be great for athletes

[Thurn und Taxis]

Imagine the US postal cycling team support car having stats in real time on all of the cyclist during the tour de france.

No need to imagine - Team USPS has been using heart rate monitors for years, not to mention being in constant radio contact with their director. All of the other teams do this, too.