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Medical Apps – Tipping Point?

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There are cheap dongles that can do sonograms good enough for office use, sensors and apps that can do blood tests, sweat tests and other chemical diagnostics. One type of pill has been developed that reports when the patient has swallowed it. When the pill encounters stomach acids, it sends out a tiny electronic pulse. The pulse is picked up by a small adhesive patch the patient wears on his or her abdomen. The patch, in turn, detects when the patient’s smart phone is on and close by, and sends out a Bluetooth signal. An app on the phone picks up the Bluetooth signal and sends an instant message to the clinician who is tracking the use of the drug.

via Medical apps: We are approaching the tipping point.

Interesting article.

Weelsof – Microsoft Malware Protection Center

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The malware will lock the screen, rendering it unusable for users. A reboot wouldn’t be helpful since the malware binary is registered as an Autorun executable in normal and in safe boot. The tactics of the malware is to scare the user into thinking they have illegally downloaded material such as MP3s, movies or software. The page will act as a governing body such as the FBI, Cuerpo Nacional de Policia (Spanish National Police) and police forces for many other countries.

via MSRT November ’12 – Weelsof around the world – Microsoft Malware Protection Center – Site Home – TechNet Blogs.

Maybe I should pay more attention to the little pop up on my computer reminding me to renew my anti-evildoer software.

Twitter and Facebook ‘harming children’s development’ – Telegraph

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A generation of children risks growing up with obsessive personalities, poor self-control, short attention spans and little empathy because of an addiction to social networking websites such as Twitter, a leading neuroscientist has warned.

Baroness Greenfield quoted figures showing that more than half of 13- to 17-year-olds now spend more than 30 hours a week using video games, computers, e-readers, mobile phones and other screen-based technology.  She said the human brain evolved to its surroundings and needed a “stimulating environment” to grow and properly develop.  But she warned that a reliance on social networking and increased use of computer games could effectively “rewire” the brain.

via Twitter and Facebook ‘harming children’s development’ – Telegraph.