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- shadowjonez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17haha. That's kinda scary. My cordless phone knocks out my WiFi. So if I get a call, I might die.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9but is it WEP WPA compatible?
"Still, if there were fears a few years ago that hackers could hack your pacemaker, just imagine what they could do if they could control what medicines were released in your body." -LOL - KingSlender, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9It's all fun and games until grandma dies from lag.
- blacksh33p, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7d00d...I totally just packet sniffed his penicillin server and got r00t!!!! pwned!!!
- farr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Its not using "wi-fi", just some sort of wireless technology... yay for lack of details.
- Trublmakr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Downside is you have to store crap inside your body. Thx, but think I'll stick with the cabinet in the bathroom.
- brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3There is a place for wireless technology. It can do great things.
This is not it. - pbransford, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3When you have 30+ pills every morning and missing one by more than 3 hours makes you extremely ill (stepmother has such problem) you may think having a small container in your body to automatically administer it may be a good idea.
- IHateScreenName, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm not too worried about my pacemaker getting hacked. I go into the hospital for a direct (as opposed to over the phone) check-up every six months and the receiver gets placed right onto my chest/shoulder. The only thing blocking it is my shirt. If the receiver moves around too much the signal can be lost. I think I'd be well aware of someone trying to get access without my consent.
- teamparadox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3sweet so i can wifi myself a new dose of oxycodone while im at work
- adamcurtis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This seems like an awful idea to me. I don't believe that anything is really secure, so even if the wireless signal is some sort of proprietary technology someone is inevitably going to find a way to crack it. Once that occurs who knows what could happen.
- cosmotic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I doubt its WiFi, WiFi is 802.11 B/G, which I'm sure this is not.
- EricAnderton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Did anyone else get the "LEARN REAL HACKING SKILLS" ad banner when clicking to see the comments here?
And I was just thinking: "how could this possibly go wrong?" - Vlatro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Can't you all see the beautiful irony in this. While trying to initially configure their patient's firmware, all the pain in the ass doctors from India and Pakistan will be waiting on hold with the pain in the ass Tech-support people in India and Pakistan.
And imagine how priceless the look would be on a guy's face as he realizes he's having a stroke and frantically runs to his computer only to get a Blue Screen of Death.
People typing in fields mix up the IP Address with the milligram dosage.
I'd consider a Viagra implant. That would certainly make cybersex more lifelike. That and popping wood every time I stand too close to a microwave oven.
How about implanting a combination of depressants and anti-depressants so I could remotely manage my girlfriend's mood swings. Damn that would be awesome. - adidax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1now that one quote from the www.jinx.com WTF awards makes sense...
quote from jinx wtf award:
"We dont hack. We just own your face."
What does this even mean? If anyone has ever had their face hacked or rooted, please explain this concept. - trod13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ya, its called hacked and OD. No ty. great idea but no thanks. Ill stick to my doctor written notes saying when I should take them manually.
- XxUNDEROATHxX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2is it backwards compatible?
- abstractstar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1a junkie's dream if i ever did see one!
or, maybe not... - Califax, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4new way to distribute drugs coming to a website near you!
On the serious side, would ISPs be held liable for service outages for the deaths of people who needed medicine?
WarDriving = WarMedicine? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Good point dorks de dork de dork dork. Como se dice dork.
- Rhine23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In other news Mr. Rodger 85 years old died of heart failure when he couldnt figure out how to set his wifi up :)
- Daryl209, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Word up on that.
People need to calm down on this WiFi craze, it's only good for internet use. - shoeshine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is a misleading post. It's not wifi, there's 2 implants, one of them tells the other one when to dispense medicine.
- MSIGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I see the benefits, but I doubt I will ever implant anything microchip related or any sort of identifying mark in my body (although I do have many piercings, figure that one out).
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Portuguese / Brazilian : http://www.htk.com.br/noticia.php?noticia=266
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http://www.htk.com.br/ - JazLive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0This may be good for MASS "lethal injections" another germ warfare toy.
- sgtpoliteness, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0think of the implications...using certain drugs with this would come close to yielding remote control people
- satch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i don't see what could ever go wrong.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2You can change the frequency on just about *ANY* wireless router, mine has 10 frequency options for example. Only one is the same as the phone, just change it to another.
HINT: Type 192.168.1.1 in your broswer (most likely the access number to your router), then get the default password for your router from the manual or online (for example, linksys uses "admin") - forge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Medtronic (inventor of the pacemaker) already has a wireless implantable device in clinical evaluation.
http://wwwp.medtronic.com/Newsroom/NewsReleaseDetails.do?itemId=1138747498380%u2329=en_US
"Conexus%u2122 Wireless Telemetry: Utilizing the Medical Implant Communication Service (MICS) radio frequency band, 402-405 MHz, Medtronic Conexus Telemetry enables communication between the patient%u2019s implanted device and home monitor or clinician programmer at a range of two to five meters (approximately six to 16 feet). Communication between device and monitor can be initiated by the physician based on programmed device parameters, to occur at pre-scheduled dates and times, or pre-programmed via the Medtronic CareLink Network. The MICS band is a dedicated frequency designated by global telecommunications regulatory authorities, such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States, for implantable medical device communication. Use of the MICS band protects Medtronic wireless devices from interference caused by cell phones and other common electronic devices." - huie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Yeah, security would be an important issue. What if you have the good apartment in the building that all the other tenants are jealous for? You’d want to make sure your ssid wasn’t reading default on that network.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Dork. Dork. Dork and Dork! Como se dice Dork!
- MrDEEDS, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Body Hacks e no ty
(-_-) - mojito, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3clu? wtf?
- Renegade.eit, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1hehe if one of my friends got that I would hax it and inject AIDS into their body
- fishindiesea, on 10/12/2007, -22/+3so if u have like a patch ppl can wirelessly gove you and over dose u at a clu or sumthin? cool
very nifty tech but could be thoroughly misused
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