Just as John Stuart Mill argued that there were both simple and higher levels in the realm of pleasure, we continue to see many uses for cell phone technology beyond “Mice Love Rice” ringbacks.
This is especially true when it comes to healthcare. A few days ago, we presented the possibility of patient monitoring by way of cell phone. Now Berkeley researchers are looking at using cell phones as data transmitters in medical imaging. For those interested parties who can’t quite make it through the entire article in PlosONE, self included, Roland Piquepaille offers a more digestible summary on his Web site.
While medical imaging is usually easy to access for those in more developed countries, millions are not privy to the devices or expertise needed to obtain much-needed information. By allowing data to be translated and analyzed at a remote location, thanks to cell phone transmission, these researchers are poised to take a huge step in bringing modern medicine to the entire world. So, while many heralded the arrival of the Internet as the end of borders across the world, it seems as if mobile will become the road by which we travel.
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