Brad Adrian
03-11-2004, 12:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gtec.at/products/g.MOBIlab/gMOBIlab.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.gtec.at/products/g.MOBIlab/gMOBIlab.htm</a><br /><br /></div>Every now and then, you see a news headline or product tagline that just makes you go "Huh?!?" That was exactly my reaction when I first saw this description of a way to use Pocket PCs to gather biosignals (brain wave activity) while climbing the highest mountains on Earth.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/adrian/gmobilab.jpg" /><br /><br />"g.MOBIlab is g.tec's portable biosignal acquisition and analysis system. It is the perfect tool for recording multimodal biosignal data on a standard Pocket PC. This allows investigation of brain-, heart-, muscle-activity, eye movement, respiration, galvanic skin response and other body signals."<br /><br />Apparently, there is some huge, untapped Nepalese multimodal biosignal recording market that I've been unaware of, because the <a href="http://www.gtec.at/index.htm">g-MOBilab Web site</a> goes on the describe a <a href="http://www.gtec.at/news/HighestBCI.htm">Himalayan expedition</a> in which a Pocket PC was used to gather biosignal data at climbing altitudes of up to <b><i>5600 meters</i></b> (Yes, I double-checked that number!). That's about 18,000 feet American! I mean, do they even have AIR at that altitude?!?<br /><br />On a more serious side, I do think it's pretty neat seeing the new ways that people are finding to put Pocket PCs to work. A lot of the applications on the gMOBilab site are actually pretty cool, like systems that link GPS data to the biosignal data. I guess that way, the next time I'm in the Himalayas you could tell exactly where I was when I collapsed from lack of oxygen.