Comments on: Telemedicine Predicted in 1925

By: Oliver Black

Oliver Black — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:04:35 +0000

Gernsback actually had an even earlier representation of Telemedicine in April, 1924 in his “Radio News” magazine. He called it “The Radio Doctor”.

By: Bryan Vartabedian

Bryan Vartabedian — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:25:04 +0000

Love this. I frequently speak and write on the tech and medicine. I would love to use these images in lectures, etc. Is there anyone who can give me info on copyright?

By: Chakat Firepaw

Chakat Firepaw — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:00:46 +0000

The ‘remote pen’ bit is also a hit:

The LongPen, invented by Margaret Atwood, is pretty much exactly what is shown here. Including seeing and talking to people at the other end.

She invented it for situations where she couldn’t attend a book signing in person.

By: Raymond Lavine

Raymond Lavine — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:39:32 +0000

I am a many decade subscriber and contributor to Smithsonian

Recently, I have become a student of telemedicine because it will compliment my business of individual and work place long term care insurance.

Thank-you with publishing this article.

By: Christoph Hadnagy

Christoph Hadnagy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:33:30 +0000

Actually, there is a practical household form of such a device. It is a Danish project (http://www.viewcare.com/ Danish only). The NY Times had an article on it in 2010 already (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/health/12denmark.html), and since then the project has gained a high reputation and a growing number of cooperating practitioners and hospitals. The radio transmission is replaced by a reliable Internet connection (which is the key aspect for usability at home in the end) provided by a quite unique multichannel bonding solution by a German company (www.viprinet.com)