http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/ Engadget Comments for Cellphone lights enable operation to proceed in blackout http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/
AZIZ, PHONE!!]]>Jul 31st 2007 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/

"....and then the patient died from multiple bouts of pure radiation poisoning...."]]>Nov 23rd 2007 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/1. They didnt have any
2. The batteries expired
3. The bulbs blew
4. They couldnt find them
5. The patient operated on was the hospital's electrical engineer and probably threw them away thinking they were not neccesary.]]>Jul 31st 2007 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/
6. Hospital didn't have the budget for explosion-proof flashlights suitable for use in operating rooms stocked with oxygen cylinders and volatile anesthetics.]]>Jul 31st 2007 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/
The flashlight would not actually explode, but the simple fact of turning it on could potentially ignite the atmosphere in the room.

My R$ 0.04]]>Jul 31st 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/
I wonder if the patients family is gonna sue the hospital now. ]]>Jul 31st 2007 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/]]>Jul 31st 2007 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/
Next we'll be calling them "doctists" and "dentors"...]]>Jul 31st 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/
I'm ashamed tho that our Hospitals abroad aren't suitable to resist our energy crisis.

The fact that our Provinces are in harsh technological isolation (compared to Capital Buenos Aires) doesn't help either.]]>Jul 31st 2007 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/
To be honest, barring cellphone use in hospitals prevents many useful applications (usually better communication between doctors and such), though this is a somewhat unorthodox use...]]>Jul 31st 2007 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/]]>Jul 31st 2007 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/This makes sense to me.

At least it wasn't a Nintendo DS or iPhone.]]>Jul 31st 2007 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Jul 31st 2007 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/Aug 1st 2007 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/cellphone-lights-enable-operation-to-proceed-in-blackout/This does remind me of a very old Ericsson Mobile commercial. The lights go out durring a football game and everyone turns on their green lighted cell phone so they can finish watching the sport.]]>Jul 31st 2007 10:19PM