Fingertips of the Network: Featherweight Communicators and Sensors

Christian, Andrew ; Hicks, Jamey ; Avery, Brian ; Kuris, Ben ; Denning, Don ; Ayer, Steven ; Ankcorn, John

HP Development Company

关键词: featherweight devices;    wireless communications;    low- power operation;    802.15.4;    health care;   

RP-ID  :  HPL-2005-114

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: HP Labs

【 摘 要 】

Hewlett-Packard has a business opportunity in low- power, general-purpose, networked, 'featherweight' computing devices that act as sensors or user interaction tools. We have designed and built a set of very small devices targeted to hospital applications. The first device assists caregivers with patient management in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Each patient in the unit has a battery-powered wireless 'clipboard' that stores and displays medication plans, messages, and other patient-specific information. The clipboards use IR to communicate with Pocket PC iPAQs carried by the staff and low-power 802.15.4 radios to communicate with a back-office data server. Hospital trials commence in 2005. In conjunction with MIT; a later deployment is planned for hospital emergency room patients. Notes: Presented at HP TechCon 2005, 20-23 March 2005 4 Pages