High speed internet can kill old foggies

[W1nTry]

*W1nTry streams video content straight to smart device using otherwise 'unused' TV frequencies*
later that evening....
W1nTry: I had no idea she would just drop like that... where were those damn heart monitor ppl?
*W1nTry shakes head and walks off*

Doctors fear wireless internet killers

An Iphone killed my patience

By Nick Farrell: Wednesday, 14 May 2008, 9:32 AM

DOCTORS are getting concerned that the proposed use of unoccupied TV airwaves for high-speed Internet services could kill critically ill patients.

The American Society of Healthcare Engineering, an arm of the American Hospital Association, claims that signals which monitor critically ill patients could be lost because of interference.

The medical boffins say that using empty channels for unlicensed broadcsts could disrupt the monitoring of patients' heart rates, blood oxygen levels and other vital signs at hospitals.

If the machines go down, even for a few seconds, doctors lose information on the patient's physiological condition. Sometimes the patient will croak because the healthcare gets too basic.

Medical device maker GE Healthcare has asked the FCC to 'proceed carefully' when it permitted broadband through idle channels.

Since the 1980s, hospitals have used channels 33 to 36 to operate unlicensed wireless patient-monitoring devices. Channel 37 has been set aside for exclusive use of medical-monitoring equipment.

However some hospitals still use some of the other channels.

http://news.smh.com.au/wireless-patient-devices-at-risk-from-proposed-internet-use/20080514-2dym.html

[Crixx_Creww]

wait wait wait


didnt we.. like 2 or 3 months ago

when they announced wireless heart monitors, say that ole people will get hacked to death and we will get a wave of dead wireless patients  a la the core?


lol and now the big bad doctors who went school for a million years and does get pay big money NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW realise what a stupid idea it was? lol lol

[SPK]

Well, just because they went to school and have all sorts of education, does not mean they understand tech stuff necessarily. Some of them can be downright dumb when it comes to things dealing directly outside of their profession...

[daniboy79]

i can't see how wireless equipment manufacturers would just wildly 'occupy' frequencies without getting the greenlight from the FCC for using said bands for operation. i mean dem men in the FCC jus supposed to be sitting down all day makin sure that noone steps on anyone toes, lol

[New Era Outlaw]

To be honest, I'm surprised they didn't find that out sooner. It's pretty much the same as using a cellphone on an airplane....almost. You get the idea.