We're not entirely sure of the nature of a cerebral infarction here at the Rockhouse but it sounds quite a bit like it's similar to a stroke or a brain aneurysm. The actual specifics aren't so important since detection of atrial fibrillation is the way to prevent such an infarction and Swedish scientists have come up with a tiny device to do it. (Science Daily: Mobile device detects irregular heartbeats, helps to prevent cerebral infarctions)
Atrial fibrillation is when your heart can't make a regular beat and there are multiple bad consequences from a poorly-regulated rhythm, among them death. Read the article for detail on the device which detects the fibrillation and reacts to it. You can count on their results because the testing has been taking place for two years.
While impressive use of technology in addressing a serious problem, the technology still just isn't that advanced. To report any action taken by the device to react to fibrillation, it will need a cellphone. That type of exploitation of hardware is commonplace although not typically for applications as dramatic as this one. Despite the true drama of a life-saving device, it's still not that impressive to have various devices stuck to my body for the purpose.
For the gratuitous visual of marginal relevance, consider Humphrey Bogart as he towed "The African Queen" down the river and ended up covered in leeches. That's how I see wearable devices, the only worse invention by Millennials after excessive tattoos.
For the sci-fi with this type of kit, we want the nanobots which scurry about in their tiny ways inside our bodies doing magic, high-technology things, you know, saving our lives, etc. That type of science isn't sci-fi since there are multiple papers from researchers devising different types of organic motors for their nanobots; they experiment on nanoscale medical delivery protocol; they go out into a highly-expansive future. Make no mistake of the immediacy of this research since there's a lot of it and the content is highly-diverse.
Apple has made a substantial commitment to wearable technology but we see that window as relatively limited for exploitation. They can have fun with their iWatch but people will probably balk when it comes down to using the associated anal probe whereas the reaction to nanobots will likely be generally the same after we get past the idea of 'eating living machines.' For the Rockhouse Crystal, we see the iWatch ending up on the same pile as the Apple Newton relatively quickly. Naturally, it's your call and, wtf, it probably tells time well enough.
Atrial fibrillation is when your heart can't make a regular beat and there are multiple bad consequences from a poorly-regulated rhythm, among them death. Read the article for detail on the device which detects the fibrillation and reacts to it. You can count on their results because the testing has been taking place for two years.
While impressive use of technology in addressing a serious problem, the technology still just isn't that advanced. To report any action taken by the device to react to fibrillation, it will need a cellphone. That type of exploitation of hardware is commonplace although not typically for applications as dramatic as this one. Despite the true drama of a life-saving device, it's still not that impressive to have various devices stuck to my body for the purpose.
For the gratuitous visual of marginal relevance, consider Humphrey Bogart as he towed "The African Queen" down the river and ended up covered in leeches. That's how I see wearable devices, the only worse invention by Millennials after excessive tattoos.
For the sci-fi with this type of kit, we want the nanobots which scurry about in their tiny ways inside our bodies doing magic, high-technology things, you know, saving our lives, etc. That type of science isn't sci-fi since there are multiple papers from researchers devising different types of organic motors for their nanobots; they experiment on nanoscale medical delivery protocol; they go out into a highly-expansive future. Make no mistake of the immediacy of this research since there's a lot of it and the content is highly-diverse.
Apple has made a substantial commitment to wearable technology but we see that window as relatively limited for exploitation. They can have fun with their iWatch but people will probably balk when it comes down to using the associated anal probe whereas the reaction to nanobots will likely be generally the same after we get past the idea of 'eating living machines.' For the Rockhouse Crystal, we see the iWatch ending up on the same pile as the Apple Newton relatively quickly. Naturally, it's your call and, wtf, it probably tells time well enough.
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