Re: MED: Practical Biomonitoring Garment

From: jeff nordahl (jnordahl@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 22 1999 - 13:33:31 MST


Sounds like a hypochondriacs security blanket! What a nightmare! Another
excuse for procrastination and unnecessary self awareness and paranoia......

jeff

>GBurch1@aol.com wrote:
>
> > A VEST which monitors the health of its wearer, measuring 35
> > bodily functions including blood pressure, heart rate and breathing
> > patterns, is due to go on sale in Britain next year.
>
>COOL!
>
> > The vest, which weighs the same as normal clothing, will cost £160,
> > plus £19 a day to pay for the monitoring costs, ...
>
>The 160 pounds is not a show stopper, but the 19 a day definitely is.
>I imagine soon there will be available a version which you download
>your data into your own computer for your own uses, so the £160 is
>pretty much the only cost. Whats that in dollars? In kilograms? {8^D
>spike

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