Monday, June 12, 2006
Blood Monitoring Implant
The idea is to have an implant somewhere in the blood stream system. It could monitor vital body stats, alcohol level, and provide immediate info and historical log through mobile devices and web servers.
Technology
I'm neither a doctor nor a scientist. But I'm quite positive that there is plenty of energy in human body to power a tiny device.
I certainly not sure if such device is feasable right now. But hey, look at the site name :)
Alcohol level monitoring
The most obvious consumer-grade application of this device is to monitor alcohol level in blood. It could be usefull for all types people. Recovering alcohol addicts could be monitored by their doctors or sponsors. Occasional booze lovers (like me) could get an early warning when they're about to exceeed their "safe limit".
The communicational features of the device would offer many opportunities for drinking self- and enforced control. Several examples:
Connectivity
The device should be Bluetooth, WiFi and/or GSM enabled.
Medical uses
Beyond it's primary task - alcohol monitoring - the device potential is limitless in medical scope:
Ethical issues
This device should be by no means an RFID. In fact it should not have any distinctive ID at all. I think that any device to read from the body monitor should at first complete pairing process - maybe even implant-initiated.
I'm sure there are ways to make it a truly anonymous medical device rather than digital dogtag.
Technology
I'm neither a doctor nor a scientist. But I'm quite positive that there is plenty of energy in human body to power a tiny device.
I certainly not sure if such device is feasable right now. But hey, look at the site name :)
Alcohol level monitoring
The most obvious consumer-grade application of this device is to monitor alcohol level in blood. It could be usefull for all types people. Recovering alcohol addicts could be monitored by their doctors or sponsors. Occasional booze lovers (like me) could get an early warning when they're about to exceeed their "safe limit".
The communicational features of the device would offer many opportunities for drinking self- and enforced control. Several examples:
- Wife gets SMSed when her husband overreaches the limit which they agreed upon
- A blouetooth-enabled mobile phone displays warning when approaching configured "safe limit"
- Device could poll some webservice in order to keep log of your alcohol consumation. You could derive various stats from this data later on.
- And even more utopic one: a compatible car reads info from its owners device and refuses to start if alcohol is above allowed limit (just in case someone is wondering - I've never driven while drunk)
Connectivity
The device should be Bluetooth, WiFi and/or GSM enabled.
Medical uses
Beyond it's primary task - alcohol monitoring - the device potential is limitless in medical scope:
- Emergency teams could read vital stats from victim: drugs he/she recently has taken, etc.
- Doctors could monitor their patients' vital stats (blood pressure, sugar level, etc.) and give early warning
Ethical issues
This device should be by no means an RFID. In fact it should not have any distinctive ID at all. I think that any device to read from the body monitor should at first complete pairing process - maybe even implant-initiated.
I'm sure there are ways to make it a truly anonymous medical device rather than digital dogtag.
