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 Sujata Neidig – Back in June, Steven Dean blogged about tablet wars and how the battlefield is changing due to expanded markets and applications. Healthcare is an area contributing to this change. As the number of rising medical issues worldwide continue to impact the healthcare system, in terms of both cost and quality, medical manufacturers are [...]
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, Health Care, 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, Health Care, RF4CE, ZigBee
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December 13, 2010 – 10:08 am
By Mickael Viot In the last few years, two trends have surfaced that have big implications for governments and healthcare. First, in developing countries, the percentage of people over 65 may almost triple in the next 20 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Second, in emerging countries, there is a noticeable [...]
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, Health Care, hospital, locationing, RF4CE, ZigBee
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