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Comment Re:Rare? Sez who? (Score 1) 111

This is certainly encouraging news. Is there some way we could get documented evidence of these FDA validated embedded systems? Not that I don't believe you, but a comment on Slashdot doesn't exactly stand up as a credible source in an academic setting. Documented examples would help our cause against our sometimes skeptical professors :-).

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Submission + - Embedded Linux on a Digital Stethoscope (calvin.edu)

An anonymous reader writes: A team of electrical and computer engineering students at Calvin College is designing a digital electronic stethoscope running uClinux as its operating system. While there are many embedded devices built on Linux operating systems, medical devices running open-source software are extremely rare because of the perceived difficulty in obtaining FDA validation. The device is in its early stages of development, but major hardware choices have been made, and the team has recently released a Project Proposal and Feasibility Study.

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