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Photos: Technology to help older people

RFID medicine cabinets, wearable health systems and a Scrabble-playing table...

Tags: health care

By Steve Ranger

Published: 27 April 2006 11:15 GMT


At a recent open day, Accenture's labs in the south of France showed off some of the healthcare technologies it is working on.

Here Accenture researcher Agata Opalach is wearing a $5,000 vest which is measuring her vital signs and transmitting them wirelessly to the display. Such technology could be useful for monitoring patients after they have left hospital.

Photo credit: Steve Ranger


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