Harvard-MIT: Medical Mirror


We are fast entering the world of the internet of things (i.e. Everyday objects and devises all intelligently connected to the web). Above is a pretty incredible new device from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program. The device is a mirror that can check a person’s vital signs — pulse, respiration and blood pressure — and display results in real time on the screen. Students are also working on a way to show these health indicators just by putting a person in front of a low-cost camera such as a laptop computer’s built-in webcam. Incredible.

Read more at: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/pu…

Chris

Adman at Ogilvy

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