What I really want to know is how did they get the data ? Did it require surgery? Does it have a GPRS radio or some other wireless means of “phoning home”? Does he have a USB port coming out of his side they can hook into?
I’m really curious about this and I don’t recall seeing any details in the article on how this data was collected. The engineer in me is really curious.
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Likely answer in this thread. Scroll up.
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I don’t know how I missed it (maybe I just mentally shut down at the Wall of Text), but you’re right.
WISDOM FOLLOWS:
Most pacemakers these days have a home unit, a sort of base station for your implant that monitors the ops of the device. Not only does it keep track of your vitals via near field RFD, it allows off site medical emer people to admin the device when you have an event or some sort of trouble with the implant. Recently, news came that the base stations (which are wireless now, older units came with line to be run to nearest phone jack) and when tied to the net (IOT) could possibl…
(thanks @1AuthenticDude )
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“Is a telepresence session via radiologist good enough for the defendant; or should I bring my justice scalpel?”
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I’m sure he’ll beat the charges.
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The guy should have had one of those USB things that wipes your hard drive.
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I’m confused. Did the pacemaker start the fire? Was he burning pacemaker logs? Was this a case of heart burn?
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mocon
February 3, 2017, 8:09pm
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Well, it was his first infarction.
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doctorow
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February 6, 2017, 3:41pm
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