Ubiquitous Bluetooth and PAN - Personal Area Network

[Ninurta]

Here's something from that article on BLE enabled devices.

In the healthcare sector, BLE-enabled heart rate monitors, blood glucose monitors, asthma inhalers, pulse oximeters, and other products are becoming popular. These products are gaining high acceptance among the customers as they can easily establish a connection with BT-compatible smartphones, tablets, and PCs they already own, which is expected to drive the Medical & Health segment over the forecast period.

It doesn't seem to be a stretch to believe that nano-tech devices could do much the same. Low energy Bluetooth may be the way to achieve that. The ubiquitous Bluetooth devices would be in close proximity to your body to receive the signal from the nano-bots, connect to them and send it to the nearest WiFi source, cell tower or to the Star Link network.

That's interesting as well. I have a pulse oximeter sitting right next to me which I used to check myself if I get overamped. It's what I checked myself with the other day when I posted my overamped heart rate and blood oxygen level in the shoutbox after carrying a bunch of stuff up the hill and into the house.

But it's not wifi enabled, it's just a tiny box that clamps to my finger and has to be turned on.

I had also considered getting one of those heart-rate EKG gizmos that operate though a cell phone - but those ARE necessarily bluetooth enabled. I think I'm gonna rethink that option... but even those still require a conscious contact.

Neither is actually built-in to the body and can't be turned off or disabled by removing batteries. This nefarious crap inside the body would be "always on", probably running off the body's own electrical signals for power, or possibly powered in the same way an RFID interrogated chip is... and I don't like the sound of that!

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