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SAE TOMORROW TODAY - Introducing "TeleHealth" Video Chats For Car Repair1353810/10/2025
Have you every wished you could call up an experienced auto tech to diagnosis your car trouble? One company is doing just that by transforming the DIY auto repair experience. With nearly 1 million app downloads, Tinker DIY is the only platform that offers live video support with ASE-certified mechanics for auto repairs, rideshare inspections, and used car evaluations. Akin to "telehealth for your car," Tinker eliminates the need for YouTube guesswork or costly auto shop visits by guiding users through step-by-step auto repairs in real-time. Listen in as we sit down with authors Megan Han, Head of Operations, to discuss how Tinker helps connects users with expert guidance to help them diagnose and repair their vehicles on their own. We'd love to hear from you. Share your comments, questions and ideas for future topics and guests to podcast@sae.org. Don't forget to take a moment to follow SAE Tomorrow Today--a podcast where we discuss emerging technology and trends in mobility with the leaders, innovators and strategists making it all happen--and give us a review on your preferred podcasting platform. Follow SAE on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Patterson, Lori
2025 Trends in Healthcare: Bridging Technology, Personalization, and AccessibilityTBMG-524602/1/2025
The emergence of data-driven healthcare promises predictive and preventive care through enhanced data integration and analytics. This trend means that medical device companies must navigate challenges related to data privacy and operational efficiency while transitioning to a data-centric approach. Artificial intelligence (AI) is spearheading this shift toward hyper-personalized medicine, enabling precision treatments based on genetic profiles and predictive analytics for early disease detection. Advancements in telemedicine, AI, wearable technology, and data analytics, are reshaping how care is delivered, making it more accessible, personalized, and efficient in 2025.
The Future of Healthcare: Exploring the Impact of Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring DevicesTBMG-510307/1/2024
The history of telemedicine goes back further than most people think. It has certainly blossomed in popularity in the last few years since the onset of the pandemic, but its beginnings date back to the 1950s.
The Impact of Video Compression on Remote Cardiac Pulse Measurement Using Imaging Photoplethysmography17AERP10_0710/1/2017
Remote physiological measurement technique leverages digital cameras to recover the blood volume pulse from the human body. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Remote measurement of physiological signals has a number of advantages over traditional contact methods. It allows the measurement of vital signals unobtrusively and concomitantly. In recent years, a number of approaches for imaging-based measurement of physiology using digital cameras have been proposed. Imaging photoplethysmography (iPPG) captures variations in light reflected from the body due to blood volume changes in microvascular tissue. It has been demonstrated that sub-pixel variations in color channel measurements from a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera, when aggregated, could be used to recover the blood volume pulse. Subsequently, it was shown that iPPG methods can allow accurate measurement of heart rate, heart rate variability, breathing rate, blood oxygenation and pulse transit time. A number of parameters influence the accuracy of iPPG measurements. These include the imager quality, and the frame rate and resolution of the images. Previous research compared remote physiological measurement using a low cost webcam and a high-speed color CMOS and showed similar signals were captured from both cameras, further supporting that iPPG is a practical method for scalable applications such as telemedicine. It was also found that reducing frame rate from 120Hz to 30Hz and/or reducing image resolution from 658×492 pixels to 329×246 pixels had little impact on the accuracy of pulse rate measurements. Video compression is an important parameter that has not been systematically studied with regard to iPPG.
Tension Distribution in Tendon-Driven FingersTBMG-253719/1/2016
Researchers at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), in collaboration with General Motors and Oceaneering, have designed a state-of-the-art, highly dexterous, humanoid robot called Robonaut 2 (R2). R2 is made up of multiple component technologies and systems encompassing nearly 50 patented and patent-pending technologies with the potential to be game-changers in multiple industries, including the medical industry. R2 technologies can aid in a variety of medical applications, ranging from telemedicine to handling the logistics of medical procedures. These activities can be done in autonomous mode or in teleoperation mode, where the robot is controlled by a technician or physician. This type of operation would be advantageous in situations where a biomedical hazard poses risks to humans, such as a contagious outbreak or a combat situation. For more routine daily use, R2 could function as an assistant to the hospital staff.
Internet-Based Continuing Medical Education in Remote Areas of China: WebMEd: Economical PC-Based Tele-Education and Telemedicine1999-01-20197/12/1999
China and other areas of the planet share the unfortunate reality that their rural populations have limited or no access to specialty health care personnel, expertise or facilities. A simple, cost-effective web-based Continuing Medical Education program is presented that allows even some of the most remote areas of China virtual access to medical information, medical specialists and teams of medical consultants, regardless of their location. The proposed project suggests a grassroots approach in improving widespread medical education using the existing telecommunication infrastructure, with minimal equipment requirements that would act as a backup to future systems. For the purposes of this paper, the presented system is termed WebMEd (Web- based Medical Education) and hopefully will be considered for immediate implementation as a feasibility study for future satellite based systems. WebMEd is a simple, grassroots and sustainable project that can represent future advanced systems, while remaining economical. The medical consultation process and CME are blended together here to include tele-education, tele-presence and telemedicine. This paper will focus on the possible implementation in China as a model for other countries in need for remote continuing medical education. This paper will also attempt to show how Internet assisted consultation process can facilitate patient care while educating providers. An interesting case report published on the Internet that resulted in saving the life of an actual patient in China is presented as a successful model for virtual case presentation and education. Several internet-based medical educational and consultation techniques were evaluated during the course of this study. These ranged from simple e-mail consultations and virtual case presentations to inexpensive Video Teleconferencing (VTC). The case presentations consisted of e-mailing information about patients (known as cases without associated names) with interesting or unusual diseases to groups of physicians in various specialties throughout Northern California. The cases would often include x-rays or digital photographs as attachments for evaluation of quality and acceptance, while determining the actual etiology of their condition. Virtual rounds were complemented with references to applicable Internet sites embedded in the email text, with attached supporting documentation when helpful. A web site was created as an example of one way of coordinating such discussion groups from scratch. It is concluded that WebMEd (with the exception of the VTC initially) will make a viable platform for a feasibility study in China or other remote areas of the world. The advantages of the low-cost and ease of implementation of the system presented seem to make this option the most feasible, however, alternative scenarios should be addressed. Cost comparisons can be made during proposal presentations and development phases as to facilitate the best system for the goals set.
Folio, Les Roger, Yancy, Wes, Yancy, Richard
A Vision for Telemedicine Aboard the International Space Station1999-01-20147/12/1999
The practice of space medicine is fraught by several unique challenges, including limitations in spacecraft resources and limited medical training opportunities. The great distance separating the astronauts from their doctors on Earth further confounds managing their health. NASA uses computer and telecommunication technology to bridge this distance and practice telemedicine. Since the beginning of the U.S. space program, NASA flight surgeons have relied on two-way radio communication and limited biomedical telemetry to remotely assist the crew in managing crew health matters. More recently, the capability for bi-directional video transmission was added, to enable the crew to speak virtually face-to-face with their doctors. However, for the International Space Station (ISS), additional capabilities must be provided. This paper presents a vision for delivering telemedicine in the ISS era.
Simmons, Scott C., Melton,, Shannon L., Johannesen,, John C., Kraus, Douglas P., Hamilton, Douglas R.
Trauma Laparotomy in Space: A Discussion of the Potential Indications, Conduct of Operation, and Technical Support for the Treatment of Abdominal Trauma During Long Duration Space Exploration9816017/13/1998
As the construction of an International Space Station approaches reality, the next phases in the exploration of Space will require long duration missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The risk of traumatic injury and death will be an ever present factor in near space (within our solar system). Reviews of trauma deaths have consistently found that the greatest reduction in preventable death will occur by addressing definitive airway management, treatment of hemothorax and pneumothorax, and control of intra-abdominal hemorrhage. On a long duration space voyage realistic capabilities exist to potentially manage the first two injuries of this triad. The ability to manage a patient requiring operative control of an abdominal injury represents a quantum leap in commitment, but provides a new standard to target in surgical support of the ongoing exploration of space. Advances and developments in surgery, telemedicine, telerobotics, and the acceptance of non-operative management and operative damage control strategies have potential impact on the conduct of trauma care in Space. It will be important to incorporate the most suitable elements of these into an overall management scheme if trauma care is to be realistically provided on any long duration Space mission.
Kirkpatrick, A.W., Campbell, M.R., Brenneman, F.D., Boulanger, B.R., Williams, D., Breeck, K.
Advanced Telemedicine System Concepts for Planetary Exploration Missions9815967/13/1998
Human missions to Mars will represent not only a departure from the relative protection and proximity of low Earth orbit but also the way space missions are currently conducted. Traveling at 180,000 miles per second, radiofrequency communication will require up to 20 minutes to reach Mars from Earth. Extended periods of communication blackout may leave the Mars-nauts without Earth contact for weeks. Crews will be on their own to recover from mission complications, including serious crew member illness or injury. These conditions dictate unique applications of telemedicine.
Simmons, Scott C., Butler, Douglas J., Johannesen, John C., Melton, Shannon L., Kraus, Douglas P., Hamilton, Douglas R.
3-D Ultrasound for Medical Imaging in Space9722867/1/1997
Ultrasound is attractive for medical imaging in space because scanners can be small, lightweight, low power, and have minimal electromagnetic emissions. In addition, unlike conventional 2-D ultrasound. 3-D ultrasound allows an operator with no diagnostic skills to collect high-quality scans that can be interpreted by a remote expert. This allows 3-D ultrasound to be used effectively in remote locations. These capabilities are illustrated by the MUSTPAC-1, a portable 3-D ultrasound telemedicine system recently developed for the U.S. military. Design, implementation, and field experiences with the MUSTPAC-1 are discussed, and extensions for use in space are proposed.
Littlefield, Richard J., Macedonia, Christian R.
Telemedicine Between Australia and Antarctica: 1911-19959516167/1/1995
Telemedicine, in one form or another, has long been a cornerstone of Australian Antarctic medical practice. The extreme remoteness, difficulty of evacuation and inherent limitations of a sole doctor all mean that the ability to communicate with distant health professionals is extremely desirable. For many years such communication was achieved through the use of radio, but with the introduction of satellite communications to Antarctica in the 1980s a more sophisticated system became possible, with a much wider variety of applications. In spite of recent advances, written and oral communication remain the most important tools. However, the ability to transmit digital images has also proven of great value, especially in the field of radiology.
Sullivan, Peter, Lugg, Desmond J.
The Telemedicine Instrumentation Pack: A Portable Diagnostic Clinic9516157/1/1995
As a more permanent human presence in space is established during future missions, crew health issues will require additional attention. Since a physician will not be a part of most crews, the flight surgeons will require more clinical information than can currently be provided to regularly assess crew health status and direct medical treatment. The Telemedicine Instrumentation Pack (TIP) is being designed to enable the Crew Medical Officers (CMO) in space to acquire the necessary medical information for telemedical consultation with the flight surgeons in the Mission Control Center (MCC). To date, two prototypes of the TIP have been developed, with the first being clinically evaluated in a local telemedicine testbed in the Fall of 1994 and the second prototype being recently completed. The current system concept, progress in the development of the system, plans for future development, and the evolution of the system are described.
Pohl, John R., Simmons, Scott C., Guess, Terrell M.
Development of a Telemedicine Workstation to Support NASA Medical Operations9516147/1/1995
NASA flight surgeons have routinely relied on telemedicine to augment inflight medical care since the Gemini program. The current telemedicine capability aboard the Space Shuttle is limited to two-way voice communication, one-way video, and telemetry of ECG and spacecraft parameters. This capability has been sufficient to manage the routine minor medical problems that have occurred in-flight, but long-duration Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions are likely to be accompanied by more serious medical contingencies. In the event of emergent crew health problems, NASA flight surgeons will require an improved capability to provide a rapid, accurate assessment of an ill or injured crewmember. Onboard systems will supply flight surgeons and medical specialty consultants with real-time voice communication, medical video, and data. The NASA Medical Operations Branch, in its effort to develop a complete telemedicine system, is developing a telemedicine workstation to enable the flight surgeons in the Mission Control Center to effectively manage this flow of information. This paper describes the preliminary design of a telemedicine workstation that will facilitate information management and telemedical examinations from space.
Armstrong, Cheryl W., Simmons, Scott C., Rhorer, Kyle L.
Telemedicine: A Technology with Space Flight and Terrestrial Health Care Applications9516137/1/1995
During Space Shuttle missions, telemedicine is used daily to ensure the health and productivity of the crew. NASA has incorporated telemedicine into routine space operations since the beginning of the space program, utilizing its experience in advanced satellite communications to assist in providing terrestrial health care during several telemedicine projects. Telemedicine is a technology with promise for improving access to health care on Earth, and numerous terrestrial telemedicine programs are currently underway. NASA and the terrestrial health care community have important roles to play in telemedicine technology development, and each stand to benefit greatly from the other's telemedicine experiences.
Simmons, Scott C.
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