... "as the costs of communicating between chips and computers falls," that fundamentally new kinds of computers would become a reality, and not the barriers to their development.
The Motorola SimpliFi is probably what they're talking about. It has a wireless connection to a transmitter which plugs into a USB port on your computer. No ethernet connection, just the wireless link. It also has some PC software for making it work so if you want this on your linux box there could be trouble. But it also works with streaming audio which is kinda cool. Here's CNET:
I find it disturbing that some people that use this site automatically assume they are the only type of person on here. In this case, a doctor is asking the advice of a technically knowledgable group of individuals, all of whom use the internet a fair amount, about what kind of services they think would be useful, feasible, and of benefit. I think it's naive for people to believe because they may not go to the doctor very often, if at all, that no one else who reads/. does. Personally, I am not heavy into hacking... my open source experience is limited to tinkering w/ Linux on occasion. But I do read/. because it has a lot of intersting tech links. I'm sure I'm not the only one like this, so I represent a portion of the/. community. I visit doctors fairly often, I've lead an active lifestyle and occasionally have to pay for it with injuries that require medical attention. I think this is a useful idea this doctor is inquiring about.
Having said that, here's my two cents. Obviously the most important thing will be security if you are planning on any sort of interactive features. A BB would be good, as would online scheduling of appts. I would also want an online database of common and not-so-common injuries/illnesses/procedures. Often doctors give patients pamphlets about what injuries they have, and what procedures they are doing. You can only collect so many of those things. If they were all indexed online that would be convenient. In the end, minimizing the amount of confidential info available is the best way to go. This would be in the best interests of the patient.
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... "as the costs of communicating between chips and computers falls," that fundamentally new kinds of computers would become a reality, and not the barriers to their development.
Isn't this called lincensing?
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I find it disturbing that some people that use this site automatically assume they are the only type of person on here. In this case, a doctor is asking the advice of a technically knowledgable group of individuals, all of whom use the internet a fair amount, about what kind of services they think would be useful, feasible, and of benefit. I think it's naive for people to believe because they may not go to the doctor very often, if at all, that no one else who reads /. does. Personally, I am not heavy into hacking... my open source experience is limited to tinkering w/ Linux on occasion. But I do read /. because it has a lot of intersting tech links. I'm sure I'm not the only one like this, so I represent a portion of the /. community. I visit doctors fairly often, I've lead an active lifestyle and occasionally have to pay for it with injuries that require medical attention. I think this is a useful idea this doctor is inquiring about.
Having said that, here's my two cents. Obviously the most important thing will be security if you are planning on any sort of interactive features. A BB would be good, as would online scheduling of appts. I would also want an online database of common and not-so-common injuries/illnesses/procedures. Often doctors give patients pamphlets about what injuries they have, and what procedures they are doing. You can only collect so many of those things. If they were all indexed online that would be convenient. In the end, minimizing the amount of confidential info available is the best way to go. This would be in the best interests of the patient.