In my day job, I coordinate a regional educational technology conference. This year we are doing some things with students and the Raspberry Pi, a low cost open source computing platform. This morning I came across this article from the UK:
http://www.cooking-hacks.com/index.php/ ... pi-medical#
Now I need one of my groups of students to put this together and demo it for me!
Low Cost Bio-metric Monitoring
- retrodave15
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Low Cost Bio-metric Monitoring
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Re: Low Cost Bio-metric Monitoring
Cool post!
I have both the Raspberry Pi and Arduino already. These sensors look cool.

I have both the Raspberry Pi and Arduino already. These sensors look cool.

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Re: Low Cost Bio-metric Monitoring
The mention of privacy indicates to me that the design will not work off-line?
Otherwise it might be useful for use in remote locations.
Net/cloud dependency can really bite you in the boxers.
Otherwise it might be useful for use in remote locations.
Net/cloud dependency can really bite you in the boxers.
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Re: Low Cost Bio-metric Monitoring
[I'm having a nerdgasm]
Re: Low Cost Bio-metric Monitoring
Looks awesome. Excellent documentation too.
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Re: Low Cost Bio-metric Monitoring
But no place for my Zeo?
I'm also a little nervous about the body temperature sensor. Hope it's external!
I'm also a little nervous about the body temperature sensor. Hope it's external!
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