January 31, 2012 – 8:18 am
By Michael Stanley – My last post looked at a number of innovative robots shown at CES 2012. In this post, I would like to touch on three sensor technologies that caught my eye. The first is a two dimensional, real-time force imaging system by UCCTW marketed under the “Uneo” trademark. The image above reflects the [...]
August 13, 2011 – 10:22 am
By Jon Adams – Security through obscurity is not security at all. And developing and deploying care devices without adequate and well-vetted, standards-based security measures, is a recipe for disaster. While what this “researcher” performed was a limited attack, the news demonstrates that inappropriate security measures for connected health care devices can injure or potentially [...]
By Jon Adams Connected medical devices are part of the future of health care. And unless it’s a piece of “big-iron” equipment like a CT scanner or MRI machine, wireless is quickly becoming the preferred method for getting data from the device to the data repository, loved ones or the care provider. But there’s wireless [...]
By Jon Adams
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Posted in Everything Wireless, Freescale, Medical by Design, The Embedded Beat
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Also tagged 802.15.4, FCC, Federal Communications Commision, green technology, group care, healthcare, hospital, IEEE, ZigBee
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Over two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese and nearly 1 out of every 2 people are living with at least one chronic disease. The average age of the population is creeping upwards, partly from lower birth rates but also because people are living longer. The cost to the nation of health care continues to [...]
January 11, 2011 – 6:08 pm
By Jon Adams Seems like everyone wants to get into enabling the wireless part of the world of wireless sensors. Now there are the DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) fans! What’s DECT? It’s a wireless communications technology that’s been around for over 20 years, and today is pretty much used exclusively for cordless home telephones. [...]
By Jon Adams
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Posted in 802.11, 802.15.4, Everything Wireless, Freescale, The Embedded Beat, Wi-Fi
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Also tagged 802.11, 802.15.4, BLE, bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, BTLE, consumer electronics, DECT, green technology, healthcare, RF4CE, ZigBee
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By Jon Adams You’ve grown accustomed to tilting the iPhone or iPad and having the screen change from landscape to portrait, or steering the spaceship to port or starboard. Now you want to put that into your next product – you may want to try a wireless sensor demo kit that detects fall, tilt, motion, [...]
By Jon Adams
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Posted in Everything Wireless, Medical by Design
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Also tagged 802.15.4, alzheimer's, elder care, green technology, group care, healthcare, hospital, locationing, RF4CE, ZigBee
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By Jon Adams Earlier today the ZigBee Alliance (ZA) announced the availability to the public (outside of the ZA) of the ZigBee Health Care (ZHC) application profile. This is great news! Anyone who’d like to start creating their next successful wirelessly enabled home health care product can head on over to the ZigBee Health Care [...]
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