Robots (albeit not quite as pretty as Salma Hayek in Across The Universe) are replacing humans in a $US444 million hospital opening in Scotland. They’ll take over some of the more menial duties of ward-workers, including bringing meals and dispensing drugs.
Microsoft may not see the Xbox 360 as a tool for the military, but as an essential part of your hospital room? Sure.
You’ve probably heard something about Doctors Without Borders (also known as the Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) lately, given their involvement in Haiti. Here, we see the organisation set up what they call “plug-and-play” hospitals – self-sustained, inflatable medical facilities.
Granted, the green-tinged fluorescence of most hospital rooms is by no means comfortable, but Philips’ solution, seen here, looks like an alien probe chamber — or so I’ve heard.
In attempt to get better data, a hospital overrode default protocol on a CT scanner over a year ago. Now they’ve realised that they made a little mistake and have been giving people eight times the acceptable doses of radiation.
The Children’s Miracle Network, an incredible non-profit, is partnering with Microsoft to force hospital-bound children into the middle of a vile, popular-vote based “giveaway.” Voters decide which three hospitals receive an “Ultimate Gameroom” and which children will get let down.