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Panasonic's Toughbook H1: Ultimate Doctors and Nurses Gizmo
Posted by Kit Eaton at 9:01 PM on November 5, 2008
We mentioned it before, and were initially upset it wasn't a revised Speak&Spell...but now Panasonic's H1 Toughbook for clinical use is out, and its specs list is impressive. It's water-, dust- and drop-proof from 1 metre, has a smooth-surface and with sealed buttons for hygiene, and is fanless. It's got a six-hour battery life, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, an in-built RFID reader, 2-megapixel camera with auto-focus and dual LED lighting, barcode reader, smart-card and fingerprint readers and optional GPS. Specifically it's designed to manage patient notes and collect information to simplify and speed up hospital procedures. But with that amazing array of functions, I'd kinda like it as my main laptop. [Medgadget]
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PastorDoodah
Posted 11:35 PM 5/11/08
Three foot drop rating eh? Pygmy nurses the world over will celebrate.
PastorDoodah
lowfiproject
Posted 12:43 AM 6/11/08
We have deployed an iteration of these to one of our customers (hospital setting). They work quite nicely.
lowfiproject
Cheddies
Posted 2:08 AM 6/11/08
Now we need to get one of those and slap windows 7 on it.
mmmmmm.
Cheddies
loslosbaby
Posted 2:59 AM 6/11/08
I have thought for a long while that Apple+Panasonic would be great--license the OS into the Toughbook platforms, and just change the keyboard.
loslosbaby
GTgeek
Posted 6:27 AM 6/11/08
I wonder if they spray it with an antibacterial coating as well. It's probably not too sanitary to carry this thing around all day while going from touching patients to touching the computer. I know the article says sealed keys, but sealed how?
I've thought about working in engineering in the medical field so that sort of thing interests me.
GTgeek
mikeklein
Posted 3:24 PM 6/11/08
@GTgeek: Most docs put on the rubber gloves when they have to touch your bits and pieces so I wouldn't worry much.
Wiping the thing down once/day s/be enough.
mikeklein
GroupMobile
Posted 8:43 AM 7/11/08
@GTgeek:
Straight from the specs: "Alcohol wipe-resistant surface"
GroupMobile
BrookeAnchises
Posted 8:06 AM 6/11/08
the keys are sealed b/c they are a polycarbonate membrane switch, all the electronics are within the plastic membrane.
BrookeAnchises
William_III_of_Dastardshire
Posted 3:07 AM 6/11/08
@ Kit Eaton
"I'd kinda like it as my main laptop."
Really? An underpowered brick without keyboard that looks like a child toy?
William_III_of_Dastardshire