17th
nano-doctors — there’s an app for that!
it’s been a bit over a week of illness in the JimEJr household. all three kiddies were out of school on separate days due to, fortunately quick, bouts with a virus or flu of some sort. fortunately, all are okay now and the symptoms were not too bad. the parents have so far escaped, though hearing my wife sniffle some this evening doesn’t sound like a good sign.
also fortunate was that daddy could stay home and in the midst of waiting on the kids, i found myself thinking how great it would be to have some microscopic doctors battling the teenie-tiny terrorists reeking havoc with my kids’ physical well being.
well being the constantly imaginative thinker that i am and how technology can possibly help… i, of course, envisioned these ‘nano-docs’, for lack of a better term, teaming up with my iPhone to provide up to the minute coverage of the battle within. real-time stats on which side is winning, damage that has been done, and what reinforcements (a.k.a medicines, supplements, vitamins, etc.) are needed to strengthen the good guys.
i thought of how great it would have been to have not just deployed these micro-forces in response to the onset of concerning symptoms, but if they were ingested everyday, perhaps our family could have been warned in advance of an impending molecular attack.
dare i suggest, without too much criticism of, “what? are you freakin’ crazy!” a new daily ‘vitamin’ that contains a hundred or so versions of “Dr. Atom” each programmed to go to different parts of the body and perform different functions… powered by the electrical currents, heat or movements the body naturally produces… communicating wirelessly with your iPhone or other smart phone?
you would be able to know you were going to get sick BEFORE you felt a thing. and, if you happen to be someone in a state of health that needs to be under the watchful eye of a nurse or doctor, your iPhone can automatically and periodically update your human doc, and even alert he or she or call for help in the event of alarming indicators.
i realize that not everyone is going to be comfortable with this concept and it needs considerable refinement, constraints and governmental oversight/approval to ensure safety in implementation and effectiveness. but, all readers have got to admit… if done right, this… THIS nano-docs app that i described would be totally wicked.
there’s no app for that yet… but there should be… and i firmly believe that someday there will be.
