Example of technology used: PillCam Used to find the source of internal bleeding. The capsule includes a camera, chip and light. The information is then downloaded to a computer from the strap device.
2007, Technology that translates the written word to British Sign Language (BSL). SiSi (say it sign it) uses speech recognition to animate an aviator. Will allow for automatic signing e.g. for meetings, TV programs.
Strand 2: IT solutions for disabled people, accessibility
Note:
For all diagnostic tools in health, students can consider the following social impacts and considerations:
Strand 1: Reliability, Integrity, security, Privacy & Anonymity, Digital Divide & Equality of Access, Policies & People & Machines
A new surgical technique, developed by scientists at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, allows patients who have lost arms to use residual nerve signals to control a prosthetic limb. This video shows three patients testing a prototype limb being developed by DARPA. The patients can perform complex tasks, including picking up a cup, grasping a cracker without breaking it, and putting a spoon in a cup. http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=245
Brain-computer interfaces
PACS
Hospitals do away with x-ray films and replace them with Picture Archive Communication System http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVkIWUK9Uzs (cannot embed – has been disabled)
"Legendary film critic Roger Ebert recruited some of his friends to speak for him: Dr. Dean Ornish, John Hunter, and his wife Chaz. 'Computer voices are not very sophisticated, but with my computer I can communicate more widely than ever before.' " TED2011
Photos on Flickr from the event. Video will be posted as soon as it is available.
"The initiative will combine the computational power of IBM Watson and its natural language processing ability with MSKCC’s clinical knowledge, existing molecular and genomic data and vast repository of cancer case histories, in order to create an outcome and evidence-based decision support system." http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/37235.wss
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Surgery, prosthetic devices, diagnostic technology, rehabilitation, patient monitoring, individualized IT solutions for disabled people, accessibility.
Bionics
Business InsiderDa Vinci System Robotic Surgery
'Only the Best' Links
Wii warm up for surgeons
Strand 3: Robotics
Strand 3: Robotics
Strand 3: Mobile Phones
Robot doctor gets thumbs-up from patients. Half of those surveyed prefer virtual visit by their own physician to real visit by unfamiliar doctor
Strand 3: Robotics
Strand 3: Networks
Strand 3: Mobile Phones
'Only the Best' Videos and Podcasts
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/multivu/3378-heart-bypass-surgery-using-only-4-holes-video.htm
and the Article
Memorial Sloan-Kettering and IBM Watson to Advance Cancer Care
"The initiative will combine the computational power of IBM Watson and its natural language processing ability with MSKCC’s clinical knowledge, existing molecular and genomic data and vast repository of cancer case histories, in order to create an outcome and evidence-based decision support system."http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/37235.wss
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