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Telehealth Drones To The Rescue
A telehealth drone is under development at the University of Cincinnati that can offer fast on-the-spot delivery of medical supplies or testing equipment.
The drone, which is still in development, has cameras and a display screen to allow patients to communicate with healthcare professionals from within their own homes.
In addition to the cameras and the display screen, the semi-autonomous drone prototype carries a waterproof box that can deliver medical supplies or collect self-administered lab tests.
Researchers noted the potential long-term capabilities of telehealth drones, including chronic disease management and environmental quality assessments.
(Via HealthcareITNews.)
Frederik Pohl writes in The Age of the Pussyfoot about flying death-reversal equipment:
The joymaker was addressing him again, bat he could catch only part of it. ". . . On station now, Man Forrester." A shadow passed over him, and he looked up. Overhead a white aircraft of some sort—it had no wings—was sliding diagonally down toward him. It bore a glittering ruby insigne like the serpent staff of Aesculapius on its side.
Inventors at the University of Cincinnati announced this past week that they had developed a semi-autonomous drone prototype to dispatch medicine or supplies to people's homes.
"Man Forrester!" cried the joymaker from his belt. "I must inform you that Heinzlichen Jura de Syrtis Major has waived protest of the bonding regulations. The death-reversal equipment is on its way..."
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