Creepy Telepresence....

[Lumpy]

The Telepresence Frame is a domestic object which utilizes the fact that one's bodily functions are digitalized in order to create a new form of telepresence. Your family would have the frame at home as a presence that keeps them constantly aware of your physical state while you're being kept alive at the hospital.

Read the complete article here (http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/02/just-back-from-london-where.php)

[Lumpy]

Just creepy man, creepy.

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[screamneagle]

That is kind of creepy! I think I would still rather have the old fashion phone call to tell me someone was dead. However the capabilities that a Dr. Could have for monitoring a patient is endless.
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[Lumpy]

I'm sure it isn't far away.... Telepresence Doctors

Might be a good thing for countries that have no doctors - they could have a nurse present and the Doctor via telepresence.

I just hope when I'm laying on my deathbed, I don't have some doctor 3,000 miles away though... LOL. Now isn't that ironic?

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