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

Perfect for my daughter

[capt.Hij]

This is exactly what I have been looking for! If only it could be made so that it is hard to remove then it would be perfect for my daughter....

Real log

[grub]

10:03:01 waking signs detected.
10:04:31 leaning at 70 degree angle, right hand grasping
item at temperature of 5 degrees C.
10:04:42 2 litre Pepsi consumed.
10:10:52 8 slices pizza consumed.
10:14:23 User vertical.
10:15:38 User sitting, bowels active.
10:15:43 3 slices pizza consumed, user sitting, bowels active.
10:16:31 1 litre Pepsi consumed, user sitting, bowels & bladder active.
10:18:34 User vertical.
[...]
10:30:18 User in vehicle.
10:31:12 450 gram bag "Chee-tos" consumed.
10:42:12 User enters parking lot.
10:43:01 User parks, spot "reserved: George Lucas"

Sheesh

[stoolpigeon]

If they can make the cpod keep working after a human dies- why don't they just make the whole human out of the same stuff as the cpod?

Sounds very much like the Medical Mood Ring

[sirdude]

Sounds very much like the Medical Mood Ring.