IBM, University of Florida team up on smart devices - China Martens, IDG News

The technology makes it possible for standard wired or wireless devices like blood-pressure and glucose monitors to be reconfigured so that when used by patients at home the devices can automatically send the collected readings to health-care professionals. IBM and the university have been working on the smart device project for the past 12 to 15 months and have produced a short video to illustrate its possible use. In the video, an elderly man called Charley requires twice weekly visits to his doctor to check his blood pressure. He's able to cut down on the number of those visits by taking his readings at home using a monitor that's been reconfigured with the middleware.

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