Body 2.0 — Continuous Monitoring of the Human Body

Singularity Hub has a story about the development of technology that will some day allow for the constant, real-time monitoring of your medical status, and they take a look at current technological advances to that end. Quoting: "Did you ever stop to think how silly and also how dangerous it is to live our lives with absolutely no monitoring of our body's medical status? Years from now people will look back and find it unbelievable that heart attacks, strokes, hormone imbalances, sugar levels, and hundreds of other bodily vital signs and malfunctions were not being continuously anticipated and monitored by medical implants. ... The huge amounts of data that would be accumulated from hundreds of thousands of continuously monitored people would be nothing short of a revolution for medical research and analysis. This data could be harvested to understand the minute by minute changes in body chemistry that occur in response to medication, stress, infection, and so on. As an example, the daily fluctuations in hormone levels of hundreds of thousands of individuals could be tracked and charted 24/7 to determine a baseline from which abnormalities and patterns could be extracted. The possibilities are enormous."

And the fine print....

[SIR_Taco]

"This new technology is sponsored and funded by:
Your friendly health and life insurance company, constantly finding new and innovative ways to make sure we never have to pay you a dime since 1666."

Re:No

[Anonymous Coward]

I always buy DocWagon Platinum. That 250000 Nuyen is money well spent. Why would anyone NOT want to have real-time medical and location tracking while you are performing shadowy activities.

Oh, wait. You aren't talking about Shadowrun are you?

You can have my vital signs ...

[Ihlosi]

... when you pry them from my cold, dead body.

Re:No

[Linker3000]

"You are experiencing a heart attack. I have checked your bank balance and credit card limits and you have insufficient funds for full, practical treatment. Do you want me to SMS a) Your wife, or b) Your mother. Watching the following funeral services commercial presentations may entitle you to a 10% discount. Here's some soothing music while you decide and I update your Myspace status and send a Tweet."

Re:No

[Ihlosi]

Yeah, but DOES IT RUN LINUX?

With implanted medical monitors, LINUX RUNS YOU!

Re:No

[Jurily]

Microsoft Vaccine 2000 is configuring your immune system. This may take a few minutes. If your body stops responding for a long time and there is no brain activity please die. Setup will continue after you are reborn.

Re:No

[fractoid]

I hate it when people quote Heisenberg out of context.

He might, or might not, have quoted Heisenberg out of context. Until I look it up, though, his post exists in a state of superposition, doesn't it? :)

The return of Clippy.

[palegray.net]

"I see you're trying to compose a child with your wife. Would you like some help?"