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Embedded Computing Design RSC# @ www.embedded-computing.com/rsc RSC# @ www.embedded-computing.com/rsc www.embedded-computing.com VOLUME 4 • NUMBER 5 J ULY 2 0 0 6 COLUMNS FEATURES 8 Editor’s Foreword SPECIAL: Building trustworthy, survivable systems Embedded technology: Good for what ails you 18 Secure from the ground up By Jerry Gipper By Dan Dodge, QNX Software Systems 11 Embedded Perspective All these things that I’ve ... run TECHNOLOGY: Machines and humans meet – By Don Dingee audio, video, input, imaging, and recognition 12 Embedded Technology in Europe Embedded medical and biological applications 21 Mobile phone security – in your face By Hermann Strass By Seiji Inoue, Oki Electric 14 Eclipse Perspective and News Building embedded software with the APPLICATION: Medical – surgery, monitoring, Eclipse Process Framework and diagnosis By Chris Sibbald and Kurt Sand 26 Integrating secure, standards-based wireless connectivity for networked medical applications DEPARTMENTS By Shahin Hatamian, silex technology america 37 Editor’s Choice Products 30 Model-driven development for medical devices By Jerry Gipper By Irv Badr, Telelogic 44 New Products By Chad Lumsden PCI Express: Backplane implementations 39 Multi-CPU architectures with Advanced Switching extensions to PCI Express EVENTS By Stephen Christo, StarGen Freescale Technology Forum July 24-27 • JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Conference Center Orlando, FL www.freescale.com/ftf E-CASTS Upcoming: VoIP Developer Conference RapidIO August 8-10 • Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, CA COM Express www.tmcnet.com/voipdeveloper/ DSP/FPGA Reconfigurable Computing www.opensystems-publishing.com/ecast E-LETTER OpenSystems www.embedded-computing.com/eletter Advanced fuel dispenser brings in-store conveniences to driver’s seat COVER Publishing™ By Dan Harrell, Dresser Wayne Powered by state-of-the-art robotic technology, the da Vinci System seamlessly translates the surgeon’s hand movements into the more precise movements of the EndoWrist instruments, enabling surgeons to performOpenSystem minimally invasives procedures involving complex dissectionPublishing™ or reconstruction. 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For others inside the US and Canada, subscriptions are $56/year. For 1st class delivery outside the US and Canada, subscriptions are $80/year (advance payment in US funds required). Canada: Publication agreement number 40048627 Return address: WDS, Station A, PO Box 54, Windsor, ON N9A 615 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Embedded Computing Design 16872 E. Avenue of the Fountains, Ste 203, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 RSC# @ www.embedded-computing.com/rsc / July 2006 Embedded Computing Design RSC# @ www.embedded-computing.com/rsc Embedded technology: Good for what ails you Jerry Gipper ne industry that stands the most to gain from embedded n Lack of standards computing is health care. Adoption of technology brings n Government regulation or lack thereof immediate benefit to people of all ages and classes worldwide. No other field comes to mind that can bene- The great news is that the community of embedded computing fit so much from even the smallest of investments in suppliers can address these concerns and help the health care Oembedded computing technology, technology that enables better industry break through these barriers. It is encouraging to see how treatment at lower costs. many embedded computing suppliers have identified health care as a major market focus. Health care has become a major topic of discussion these days, as costs continue to rise and concerned consumers wonder if they While it may be many years before we get to the level of health will be able to afford care. At the same time, technology aids care provided in those Star Trek movies, we can expect some advancements in the level of care offered. Technology can be pretty incredible things in our own lifetimes. found in all aspects of patient care from diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment to patient record keeping. Doctors use embedded I look forward to the day when I can walk into a doctor’s office for computing to take your pulse, monitor your heart rate, analyze the first time, scan my retina (or whatever the biosecurity system your blood, and scan your body. Robotic surgery is becoming of the day is) to log in to the worldwide patient database, not available, giving surgeons heightened precision not possible spend 30 to 60 minutes filling out patient history (most I forget) before and enabling all types of minimally invasive surgeries. and information (most I don’t know) that is duplicated on several forms, and immediately see a doctor. During the appointment, Telerehabilitation and home care both use existing computing the doctor pulls up my latest full-body scan on the life-size technologies, including PCs, wireless networks, even video games; high-definition body scan display and DNA/blood/gas analysis, products that many of us have in our homes today. Body scanning discussing my current ailments and warning me of potential health from new, very low-dosage X-ray, Magnetic Resonance Imaging care concerns. (MRI), and Computed Tomography (CT) imaging modalities draws heavily from embedded computing technology. After the doctor annotates my electronic record, I stop at one of the four drugstores on the corner to pick up my electronically Taking a cue from the IT industry, patient record keeping and submitted prescription. I later head to the gym where I log in to sharing may soon be widely implemented. If we simply automated their system, again with the same technology, and pull up the record keeping in the United States, it is estimated we could save latest exercise program as recommended by my doctor. I stop at more than $236 billion annually, broken down as follows: the grocery store on the way home to pick up some items, per the diet prescribed by my doctor, which I review on the secure kiosk n $77 billion moving from paper to digital patient records at the store or my PDA. n $30 billion moving from paper to electronic billing and claims processing I would enjoy hearing your comments on embedded computing n $29 billion moving from handwritten to electronic drug applications of the future. Tell me about some of the incredible prescriptions ways we might expect embedded computing to change our lives n $100 billion in eliminating insurance fraud with electronic 10-20 years from now. I would be happy to feature some of your records ideas in upcoming issues. Your suggestions and comments are wel- come. Please contact me at [email protected]. Though privacy advocates argue that too many people would have access to such an extensive database of personal records, technology and future breakthroughs could minimize or eliminate the risks. Health care faces many of the same barriers to widespread acceptance that other industries confront, such as: Jerry Gipper Editorial Director n Lack of appropriate and useful software that reflects an understanding of the business processes of hospitals and the organizations that feed into them / July 2006 Embedded Computing Design RSC# @ www.embedded-computing.com/rsc
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