Submission + - Microsoft Talks up Using Printers to Make Drugs (yahoo.com)
Dionysius, God of Wine and Leaf, writes: "Printers are already liquid delivery systems, but instead of ink, people might someday put the ingredients of different medications into printer cartridges, said Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, in a speech in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday.
The drugstore-in-a-box, as he called it, would be part of several devices that could increasingly use information technology for health diagnosis and treatment.
In an example, he envisioned a mobile phone that also contained breath analysis technology like that used to detect alcohol in the breath of drunk drivers today. But instead of just alcohol, the technology would be tweaked to determine a lot about a person's health. The handset could analyze a person's breath for diseases, chemical imbalances and other troubles, and then a clinic could provide a diagnosis.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080509/tc_pcworld/145679
(Officer, my printer is dispensing crystal meth because my OS crashed. HONEST!!!)"
The drugstore-in-a-box, as he called it, would be part of several devices that could increasingly use information technology for health diagnosis and treatment.
In an example, he envisioned a mobile phone that also contained breath analysis technology like that used to detect alcohol in the breath of drunk drivers today. But instead of just alcohol, the technology would be tweaked to determine a lot about a person's health. The handset could analyze a person's breath for diseases, chemical imbalances and other troubles, and then a clinic could provide a diagnosis.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080509/tc_pcworld/145679
(Officer, my printer is dispensing crystal meth because my OS crashed. HONEST!!!)"