Whole Network Fly Mobile Google Android Opinion Orange PDAs Smartphones Software

« Last Week on the iPhone #... | Main | MobiMate and Pocket Expre... »

Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life

Filed in archive News , Smartphones , Wireless Living by Rico Mossesgeld on August 13, 2007

(image source)

Leonardo Molina was under the knife due to appendicitis links

. And as luck would have it, the operating room lost power:

"The generator, which should have been working correctly, didn't work. The surgeons and anaesthetists were in the dark... A family member got some cell phones together from people in the hallway and took them in to provide light," said a spokesperson.

This quirky (and potentially fatal) news item shows that the manufacturers' R&D efforts can have great side effects. Namely, the increasing brightness of smartphone and PDA displays, and their lessening power consumption.

Permalink: Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life
Tags: Backlight+Saves+Patients+Life LED+Displays Increasing+Brightness Low+Power+Consumption Leonardo+Moli

Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/85879

Bookmark this entry:

Addthis

Ask

Blinklist

del.icio.us

Digg

Fark

Facebook

Google

Lycos

Ma.gnolia

Mr Wong

Netscape

Netvousz

Newsvine

StumbleUpon

Slashdot

Tailrank

Technorati

Wink

Yahoo

Related Entries:

Heart Transplant saves the life of a baby - 06 March 2006

Second Life - why not have a first life first ?? - 07 May 2007

Life T - a shirt to life with - 04 August 2007

USB Ecostrip Saves Power - 03 October 2007

More about Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life at smaatphones.com:

Mobile Backlight
- 10/25/2008
Leadis has started sampling a new family of charge-pump-based LED drivers that uses the company's PowerLite current ... at mobile backlighting applications, ...

Windows Mobile Backlight
- 11/08/2008
Compare Windows Mobile 6 prices, user ratings, specs and more. ... course, you can customize the background image, color scheme, and backlight time. ...

Windows Mobile Smart Backlight
- 11/08/2008
... we finally have the first Windows Mobile 6 smart phone to ship in the United ... There is adequate backlight for typing in dark environments. ...

Vote for Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life:

Currently 8.50/10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Rating: 8.50 out of 4 vote(s) cast.

RSS	\| See all blog subscribe options
Google	\| What is RSS?
Yahoo!
Addthis
Bloglines
Newsletter
Grouptivity

Use the search to look for other interesting posts

Contributors (Last 90 days)
Umair Khalid (64)
Greg Cruey (1)
This site has 1267 entries and is powered by Creative Weblogging since July 2006.
Do you want to start or edit an existing blog for us and get paid? More info.
Do you want to advertise on this blog? We have great ideas!
Do you have tips for us? Send them!

Advertise with us
Learn more about our advertising options or email advertising - at - creative-weblogging.com or give us a call at +1 (650) 331 4900.

Marketplace

Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network

Wireless & Mobile
Tech Without Wires

The Mobile Technology Weblog

The RFID Weblog

Supplychainer

The Wireless Weblog

Disclaimer
Some of the contents of this site are protected Creative Weblogging Inc. 2004-2009.

Add your response to Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life:
Name: *	Email: (will never be shown)*	URL:

(* marked fields are required)
Notify me if more comments appear?	Subscribe to The Smart PDA newsletter? (Newsletters are sent out weekly).	Remember me
Security Code: * (Please help us to sort out spam.)

Please enter your comment here: (Sorry, no HTML is allowed - URLs will be made clickable automatically if you add http:// to your URL.)


We welcome your comments, however all comments are moderated. Offensive or off-topic comments will be deleted and not displayed.

Tell a friend about Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life
Recipient email:*	Your email:*

(* Both email addresses are required for sending this article. They will never be shown or used for any marketing purposes)
Please enter a message which will be shown together with the article:

Security Code: (Please help us to sort out spam.)

Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life

Filed in archive News , Smartphones , Wireless Living by Rico Mossesgeld on August 13, 2007

Bookmark this entry:

Related Entries:

More about Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life at smaatphones.com:

Vote for Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life:

Add your response to Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life:

Tell a friend about Mobile Backlight Saves Patient's Life

Categories

Archives

Our Editors recommend

Contributors (Last 90 days)

Advertise with us

Marketplace

Most popular

Recent Comments

Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network

Wireless & Mobile

Disclaimer

Find other popular posts from our other blogs:

The Wireless Weblog

Supplychainer

The Mobile Technology Weblog

The RFID Weblog

Tech Without Wires

Allergies