The e-Legacy awards, in case you are wondering, have been launched by Electronic Product Design magazine to recognise a company’s or design’s “excellence, plus its contribution, motivation and corporate social responsibility. The Medical Advancement category has been designed to honour the electronic product or system that enhances patient care by delivering new and efficient ways of relieving, treating or identifying medical conditions, including increasing mobility and independence for users.” Readers of the Electronic Product Design magazine are able to vote for the entrants. View them all here.
For readers who have not been following the Toumaz story, its Sensium low-power sensor interface and transceiver enables non-intrusive wireless monitoring of multiple vital signs. Healthcare workers can monitor vital signs and bio-markers remotely, from mobile individuals in real time, via standard PDAs, mobile phones and USB-enabled computers. (For more info use the search box above or visit the Toumaz website.)