_____________________________________ On Oct 27, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hey Steve! >> Wouldnt it be the height of kewlness if somebody, say APPLE!, would just >> invent a phone that had a giant screen and was a wonderful little camera and >> could fit in a Persons Pocket, too? >> >> Bet if someone invented such a thing they could sell millions of the dang >> things! > > > especially if it was also an EKG machine.... > They are already making kits to turn iPads into Oscillioscopes (multiple vendors even!) and some ngo's are making kits to turn an iphone into extreme magnification medical microscopes on the cheap and others are working to come up with cheap kits to turn iphones into low cost machines to run field blood work and serum diagnostic tests. If they can do those things, an EKG module to run leads into the bottom of an iPhone ought not to be a bridge to far! Heck iPhones a used to having to read weak electrical signals trying to stay connected to ATT's crappy network! :-D Besides... next time some twit is showing off the latest greatest Angry Birds App, Wouldnt it be the ultimate cocktail party slam to say: that's very nice, I use my phone to treat people having heart attacks. Richard Snarkiness Abounds > > Steve > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/