FitBit

A textbook on telemedicine (Fong, Fong, & Li, 2011) was quite interesting. I am especially interested in telemonitoring for the purpose of recording cardiac activity for the purpose of predicting impending heart failure. I expect a huge growth in the use of telemonitoring for home health care, and it seems that the consumer electronics industry, […]

The New MacBook Pro

Microsoft this week displayed a stark contrast in their marketing strategy versus Apple.  With great fanfare Microsoft announced their new tablet computer called the Surface.  CNET described it as an “attempted market freeze” (See Microsoft attempts market freeze with Surface preview).  The reason for the CNET commentary is that the Surface was announced with fanfare, […]

Apple MacBook Pro

The new Apple MacBook Pro is just too much to resist, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it.  The retina display will light up 5.1 million pixels on the screen, exceeding HDTVs by a couple of million pixels.  The solid state storage, 16GB of memory, and the input-output upgrade should make it […]

DACS.20

On May 1st, the Danbury Area Computer Society held it’s monthly meeting, and it was my honor to give a talk about The Future of the Internet and Health Care. This was the twentieth year in a row that I have shared my thoughts with this fine group. The meeting was open to the public […]

FCC Approves Spectrum Changes for Sprint and Hospitals

Ars Technica reported this week that the FCC has approved some spectrum changes that will allow Sprint to improve their wireless service (See FCC approves spectrum changes for Sprint and hospitals for details.)  The more interesting news is that the FCC also approved a second set of spectrum-use rules that will enable hospitals to establish medical body area […]