Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Intel and GE form healthcare joint venture, sluggish Atom-powered home servants on the way]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/04/intel-and-ge-form-healthcare-joint-venture-sluggish-atom-powere/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/04/intel-and-ge-form-healthcare-joint-venture-sluggish-atom-powere/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/04/intel-and-ge-form-healthcare-joint-venture-sluggish-atom-powere/#comments Okay, so maybe we're only half-kidding about the prospective of having home health robots that can barely multitask, but we're hoping that Intel and GE at least have the heart to equip any domicile servants with a Core i3 or stronger. If you haven't heard, the two aforesaid companies have joined hands this week to create a 50/50 joint venture, one that'll result in the creation of a new healthcare company "focused on telehealth and independent living." Financial terms aren't being disclosed, but the goal is pretty simple: "to use technology to bring more effective healthcare into millions of homes and to improve the lives of seniors and people with chronic conditions." It's a bit unclear at this point what all the duo will be creating, but we wouldn't be shocked to see medical tablets, Core i7 980X-based "medical monitoring PCs" and Moorestown-powered "I've fallen and I can't get up!" neck pieces surface in the near future.

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For some reason, all the promising telehealth devices we come across seem to suffer from the same bad case of vaporitis, but we'll let these awful renders of Aerotel's GeoSkeeper slide because the idea is actually quite promising. The watch features a GPS receiver, which allows the unit to send your position to rescuers over the built-in GSM / GPRS data module. Of course, that's not a new idea either, but Aerotel's included speakerphone functionality and remote programmability to the device -- meaning everyone will know exactly where you are when you look like a giant nerd using this thing.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>aerotelgeoskeepermobiletelehealthWed, 06 Feb 2008 22:24:00 EST<![CDATA[RTX Telehealth Monitor keeps you in contact with your doctor]]>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rtx-telehealth-monitor-keeps-you-in-contact-with-your-doctor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rtx-telehealth-monitor-keeps-you-in-contact-with-your-doctor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rtx-telehealth-monitor-keeps-you-in-contact-with-your-doctor/#comments We've seen a few remote health monitor concepts, but they all seem like overkill compared to RTX's Telehealth Monitor, which strips things down to the basics. The device wirelessly connects to a range of sensors like blood glucose monitors, scales, and and blood pressure monitors, and sends data to healthcare providers over a phone line connection. In addition, the unit can be programmed to ask diagnostic questions, give dosage reminders, and communicate other information from doctor to patient. Intriguing, but come on -- not even our grandparents have landlines anymore.

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