On 09/08/2016 03:54 PM, Electronics Plus wrote: > > My physician uses a Palm Pilot type device specifically to look up > medication doses and drug interactions. He knows the fellow who wrote > the program, who had the device that was used in sick bay in mind > when he wrote it. The telemetry unit I wore in the hospital last week > is another take off on the same idea. Portable insulin pumps that > constantly measure your glucose levels and deliver insulin > accordingly are another. Walkie-talkies and cell phones, microwave > ovens, weighted and magnetic boots, transponders that translate (cell > phone apps) and find your companions (GPS), officers of all genders > and varying races...this list goes on. I am still waiting for the > teleportation; that would be my dream! Then again, it would also be > nice to come home at the end of the day and tell the food production > unit on the wall exactly what I want for dinner, and a few minutes > later it is delivered.
At my age, I'd be happy with some automation to clean the gutters or wash the windows. I worry that we may be headed more toward the "Outer Limits" "Stream of Consciousness" episode meme. --Chuck
