Thursday, March 11, 2004
"Measure Biosignals Reliably In The Himalayas"
Posted by Brad Adrian in "HARDWARE" @ 04:00 AM
Every now and then, you see a news headline or product tagline that just makes you go "Huh?!?" That was exactly my reaction when I first saw this description of a way to use Pocket PCs to gather biosignals (brain wave activity) while climbing the highest mountains on Earth.
"g.MOBIlab is g.tec's portable biosignal acquisition and analysis system. It is the perfect tool for recording multimodal biosignal data on a standard Pocket PC. This allows investigation of brain-, heart-, muscle-activity, eye movement, respiration, galvanic skin response and other body signals."
Apparently, there is some huge, untapped Nepalese multimodal biosignal recording market that I've been unaware of, because the g-MOBilab Web site goes on the describe a Himalayan expedition in which a Pocket PC was used to gather biosignal data at climbing altitudes of up to 5600 meters (Yes, I double-checked that number!). That's about 18,000 feet American! I mean, do they even have AIR at that altitude?!?
On a more serious side, I do think it's pretty neat seeing the new ways that people are finding to put Pocket PCs to work. A lot of the applications on the gMOBilab site are actually pretty cool, like systems that link GPS data to the biosignal data. I guess that way, the next time I'm in the Himalayas you could tell exactly where I was when I collapsed from lack of oxygen.
"g.MOBIlab is g.tec's portable biosignal acquisition and analysis system. It is the perfect tool for recording multimodal biosignal data on a standard Pocket PC. This allows investigation of brain-, heart-, muscle-activity, eye movement, respiration, galvanic skin response and other body signals."
Apparently, there is some huge, untapped Nepalese multimodal biosignal recording market that I've been unaware of, because the g-MOBilab Web site goes on the describe a Himalayan expedition in which a Pocket PC was used to gather biosignal data at climbing altitudes of up to 5600 meters (Yes, I double-checked that number!). That's about 18,000 feet American! I mean, do they even have AIR at that altitude?!?
On a more serious side, I do think it's pretty neat seeing the new ways that people are finding to put Pocket PCs to work. A lot of the applications on the gMOBilab site are actually pretty cool, like systems that link GPS data to the biosignal data. I guess that way, the next time I'm in the Himalayas you could tell exactly where I was when I collapsed from lack of oxygen.
