Re: MED: Practical Biomonitoring Garment

From: KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Date: Thu Dec 23 1999 - 04:04:53 MST


Maybe GBurch1@aol.com quoted:
>
> 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.

It appears as if jeff nordahl <jnordahl@hotmail.com> commented:
|
|Sounds like a hypochondriacs security blanket! What a nightmare! Another
|excuse for procrastination and unnecessary self awareness and paranoia......

So? A paranoiac might feel the same over knives in the kitchen, but that
does not make human condemn knives as such. [REF:g*ns !-]

I suggest one not condemn the monitor vest as such, either.
I will definitely wish to own one, to increase the cyborganic knowledge base.
Your mileage may vary, though.



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