Quick, I Need Some WiFi To Take My Medicine
from the wireless-drugs dept
The latest attempt at improving modern medicine is apparently an implanted microchip that can be controlled wirelessly from outside the body to release medicine into someone's bloodstream. The system is supposedly more advanced that other internal drug delivery systems, in that it can be controlled from outside the body using some form of wireless connection. The idea is that the system could better monitor what's actually going on inside the body, and releases doses accordingly, rather than the slightly less scientific method of "take two of these, and call me in the morning." Of course, the opening of the article discusses the wireless connection on the device, but it's not entirely clear from the rest of the article what it does or how it works. Still, if there were fears a few years ago that hackers could hack your pacemaker, just imagine what they could do if they could control what medicines were released in your body.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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New classes of treatments
So what's with the cosmetic change to techdirt that has worsened it? The functionality is the same as before (no images, no auto-linking, no editing), and the icons used are duller than before.
Your bleeding edge needs to be sewed back up.
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what if you get a virus?
OD?
common seriously cant we just get an external mesurment and not have to deal with wifi.
pretty soon people will be hacking people.
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Drugs 'n WiFi
Some days that can be a depressingly short list :-)
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hacking? joking, right?
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Bad Idea, on lots of levels
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Wireless != WiFi
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Re: Wireless != WiFi
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WiFi way of... never mind
The wireless administration method raises too many ethical and moral questions. Who's responsible if something goes wrong? A computer? The drug will be stored en mass in the body, what if it fails? Hacking is improbable, but a virus anywhere along the link between administrator and patient would be disasterous!
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Good Thought! But....
But controling it with WiFi?!?!?! Come on!
Maybe another more secure way like a very small range of 20cm with a very good encryption as this might be controling Life & Death situations and know that only your Doctor can "mess" with the device.
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Ugh. Again, I used WiFi in the headline only as a JOKE. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Forgot how difficult it is to translate sarcasm to text again.
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Re: hacking? joking, right?
For someone to drop something in a stranger's drink, they actually have to be there and there's a huge risk with being caught.
This kind of (hypothetical) hack, wouldn't really require ANY physical proximity, wouldn't require anyone doing anything suspicious (ie: playing on a laptop in a cafe or bar vs fiddling with a drink).
Also, it would be the kind of thing some hackers would do "just for fun" or "it was a joke man...I didn't know he'd DIE" type of thing (Ironically, the same loser mentality from the kiddies who cut n' paste virus code and release it in the wild).
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Also...
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Only part of how things are going
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Re: New classes of treatments
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Re: what if you get a virus?
RF, who said wifi?
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Re: Drugs 'n WiFi
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Re: Bad Idea, on lots of levels
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Re: Wireless != WiFi
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