Intel Goes Medical

Here’s a unique twist from Intel: the company is set release a line of computer related wellness products geared toward the elderly and chronically ill.

Full details have not yet been released, but the expected launch date is this coming November eleventh, with the star of the lineup likely to be a touch-screen laptop with strong medical-technology features. The laptop will will be capable of receiving health information from the user, as well as providing medical analysis of such information.  All of this can then easily be transferred from the laptop to the patient’s health care provider.

Communication is possible in both directions, as the health care provider is able to send instructions to the machine, and also includes voice chat with the patient. Intel went the extra mile to make this laptop a viable medical device, including compatibility between laptop and medical devices, such as glucose readers.