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First Internet-Connected Pacemaker Goes Live

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the jailbreak-your-heart dept.

The Register is reporting that a New York woman has become the first person to have her pacemaker wirelessly connected to the internet for full-time monitoring. "The device contains a radio transmitter which connects to receiving equipment in New Yorker Carol Kasyjanski's home, using a very low-power signal around 400MHz, to report on the condition of her heart. Any problems are instantly reported to the doctor, and regular checkups can be done by remotely interrogating the home-based equipment — the pacemaker itself doesn't have an IP address, fun as that would be."

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  1. no IP address? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Crap! It doesn't have an IP address. There go my plans to launch a DDOS attack on it.

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  2. Duke Nukem by jDeepbeep · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does it run Linux?

    No, but they ship with Duke Nukem Forever.

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  3. RIAA by Akita24 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I can't wait for the first lawsuit over MP3s being downloaded to a pacemaker.