CES – not Community Equipment Services, as UK readers might suppose, but the Consumer Electronics Show – the huge international showcase for all that is new and cool in consumer electronics held in Las Vegas last week, 7th – 10th January. To get a measure of its importance, Bill Gates was the keynote speaker. It covers innovations in digital imaging, electronic gaming, wireless communications, digital video, high-performance audio, home networking and entertainment, mobile electronics, broadband and the Internet.
This year, remote health and care monitoring systems made enough of an appearance to get into the blogs which have become an instant reporting mechanism. Apart from the fact that these technologies are surfacing in the consciousness of such people, which may be the first sign that demand will become consumer-driven, some make interesting reading for the light that they shed on the public’s attitudes.
The first listed here is a prime example. If you read nothing else, read this including all the comments.
Keeping An Eye On Grandma Over the Internet
Other items:
iRobi helper robot appears at CES 2008.
Korean robot. Videos.
Tele-health device becomes L33T gaming fetishwear
Watch the video. (Noted in Telecare Aware 7 November.)
CES Innovations 2008 Awards Honorees (Healthcare)
4homemedia: Home HealthPoint
InforMedix: Med-eMonitor
P2P Universal Computing Consortium (PUCC)
…has also shown off healthcare applications including a wireless nappy for use by bedridden patients and a heart monitor that allows a doctor to monitor a patient from afar. BBC report from CES (last story on the page)
Ten techs for the digital living room
(Not telecare directly, but interesting opportunities)
David Whitlinger
David Whitlinger, Director of Healthcare Devices, Intel and Chair of the Continua Alliance was also a panel member at the CES Sales and Marketing Track session entitled Making Room for the Boom: CE for the Aging Consumer. Session info, but no report.