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 Tuesday, January 04, 2005
 Posted by Roberto
 11:24 PM   0 comments   

KEEPING YOUR BODY ONLINE

The worldwide population of those over 65 is predicted to reach 761 million by 2025, more than double what it was in 1990. Assuming current trends continue, this century will see the first time in human history that the old outnumber the young.

Remote health care monitoring seems the best answer to managing the care of the next generation of older people. What follows is an excerpt from a report on "biomedical engineering innovations" written by Philip E. Ross and published by IEEE Spectrum.

Electronics giants are working to pepper the home with a network of wirelessly linked sensors slapped on nearly everything from coffee cups to bathroom doors. Using wireless sensors to track the routine activities of daily life, how people dress, what they cook in the morning, how well they drive their cars, might make for a mundane set of data. But such data can greatly help in the diagnosis of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease. Parkinson's can so far be diagnosed only through behavioral changes.

Manufacturers of pacemakers are already beaming out data from the devices in the hope of picking up early trouble signs, so as to keep people out of the hospital. Biotronik GmbH, in Berlin, has developed an ICD that automatically transmits its data to a special external cellphone, using a 402 to 405 MHz frequency, which passes through skin and tissue with minimal attenuation. The cellphone then e-mails the data directly to a monitoring center and from there to the doctor.

Growing old in a wireless world means keeping your body online.

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