One of the latest iphone applications, the iStethoscope is helping doctors around the world. This clever application is replacing the traditional metal stethoscopes and helps to reduce the amount of paper work cardiologists need to complete. A London computer scientist came up with the idea and it has become one of the most sought after applications with more than 3 million units sold.
Instead of listening to the patient’s heart with a stethoscope and counting the beats per minute, the doctors can just place the microphone of their iphone on the skin over the patient’s heart. The app counts the number of beats per minute and then produces a spectogram, which doctors can use to make a diagnosis.
The app costs only $1 and is generating lots of interest particularly from doctors in developing nations.
Google have recently launched a web call service through Gmail which would allow users to call phones virtually anywhere in the world from their browser. Currently Australian users are able to make free calls to landlines and mobiles in the US for free and Google have advised that this is deliberate. Users would simply need to change the language setting from English (UK) to English (US) and a “call phone” option would appear. They would then need to install and plug-in and then enter the phone number. The Free calls will last until the end of the year, and then they would be charged for calling the US as well as other countries.
The Google Technology works similar to Skype, in that it allows users to call landlines and mobiles from their PCs at very cheap rates. Gmail voip users can call landlines in Australia for US$0.02 p/min and mobiles for US$0.14 p/min.
The Samsung Galaxy tab, a rival of the popular Apple ipad has been spotted on a Sydney train, ahead of its official unveiling in early September. The Galaxy tab has a seven inch screen and is rumoured to be just as capable as the ipad. The man with the tablet did not provide much details about the new device but he did confirm that it ran on Google’s Android operating system and that it was quite “different” to the ipad.
There is speculation the man was testing how it performed on Sydney’s mobile networks. This leak seems to be very similar to that of the iphone 4 where an Apple employee accidently unveiled the phone by leaving it at a bar in California.
It is believed that LG and RIM, the makers of the Blackberry are also about to develop/launch a tablet device.
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Many Australian teenagers are suffering from insomnia as they are becoming addicted to text- messaging friends and staying up all night listening to ipods and checking social networks such as facebook and twitter. It seems like Teenagers need to reachable at all times thus they are not getting enough sleep. The lack of a good night’s rest can lead to anxiety disorders, depression and substance abuse.
New programs are being run at institutes to help teenagers relax and take up positive thinking techniques. They are also encouraged to read in their bedrooms, rather than using their mobile phones.
A “smart pill” which texts patients’ mobile phones if they forget to take their medication is being tested in the UK. The pill which has a micorship can send signals to a patch located on the patients shoulder and can also send a text if they forgets to take the medication. Futhermore the pill can monitor the activity of the patient’s heart and sleeping habits. The pill was initailly trialed out in the US, where it increased the patients’s consistency in takimg the pills from 30% to 80%.
US and UK hope to conduct longer trials of the pill. If successful, the pill would encourage the patients to take more responsibity in looking after their health and therefore would be less likely to be admitted to hospital. The chips are small, digestible and made from food ingredients.
3G is the third generation of wireless technologies. Unlike previous wireless technologies, it comes with greater improvements and enhancements such as high-speed transmission, advanced multimedia access and global roaming. 3G is widely used with mobiles as a way to connect to the internet and other IP networks in order to make voice and video calls, download and upload data and browse the internet. 3G allows for higher data speed, better audio and video streaming and has video call and IPTV support.
In order to use 3G technology on your mobile phone, the handset needs to be 3G compatible and you need to subscribe to a service provider to get 3G network connectivity. the 3G connection is provided through the simcard in the mobile you are using and you can remain connected to the internet whenever you are within 3G coverage area.
Even though 3G can be costly, this technology can allow to you to save on other things e.g. making cheap calls by downloading a VoIP application on your mobile phone.
Unsurprisingly Labor have recently announced the National Broadband Network will be 10 times faster than originally promised. Initially Labor boasted the speed would be 100mbps, however it has been revealed that it would provide speeds of one gigabit per second. The Coalition on the other hand have plans to deliver speeds of 12 mbps using a patchwork of different technologies at a modest cost of $6 billion in comparison to NBN which is likely to cost in excess of $43Billion.
This raises the question..Why has it taken until now for the government to know the theoretical speed of the NBN?..Could this be a political stunt to win more votes? The Liberal party certainly seem to think so. There would be no point in launching a technology if it is going to be much more costly and take much longer to complete. The other big issue also is the internet filter. What would be the point of high speed internet if you are unable to access legal and proper material, which maybe blocked if the filter is introduced?
The Liberal party have confirmed that if they are elected to government, they would scrap the internet filter. The Libs believe the Internet filter would not work and is a flawed policy. Rather than having an ISP based filter, they would instead place the onus on parents to monitor their kids usage. This would be in the form of internet education on online safety and other security measures including PC-based filters.
The Labor party argue that refused classification material which is hosted on websites overseas should not be available, since the RC material on Australian hosted sites is not.
Countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE as well as other developing nations are pressuring RIM (Research In Motion), BlackBerry’s Canadian maker, to gain access to encrypted information on the BlackBerry. The countries plan to ban the BlackBerry service as it allows users’ emails and internet browsing history to remain confidential. These countries argue RIM strict security policies would make it hard to monitor terrorist activities. RIM is standing it’s ground on the one hand as it prides itself on the integrity of its security architecture, yet it clearly does not want to alienate developing nations as they are a growing market.
Australia does not plan to follow suit in banning BlackBerry services.
