Word: alertness
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...ALERT WATCH...
...into his computer instructions on when medication should be taken, and the information is transmitted to the patient's computer, which downloads it to the watch. Around the appointed hour, when the senior is near the location where the pills are stored, a sensor tracking the senior's movements alerts the watch, which signals that it's medicine time. The watch, which should be available in two years, can also alert the doctor if the meds aren't taken...
Intel has been researching a cane with a sensor that sends an alert when the cane hasn't been used for several days, a tip-off that its user may be unable to move around. The company is also looking at sensors that in the next couple of years might be placed in canes or shoes to inform a doctor about the minute changes in a senior's stride that may be an early indication of neurological problems such as Parkinson...
...Anticipating an uptick in Sunni insurgent activity, the Iraqi government cancelled all military leave and put security forces on high alert. With much of the Sunni Triangle under an all-day curfew, pro-Saddam insurgents had few opportunities to express their reaction to the verdict; in Baghdad, there was only sporadic violence. Saddam's defense lawyer, Khalil al-Dulaimi, warned in an open letter to President Bush that "this decision will set the country ablaze again and plunge the entire region into the unknown." However after the verdict al-Dulaimi told the Associated Press that Saddam had urged Iraqis...
...added that The Crimson’s editorial board will be instituting training seminars for cartoonists and columnists, “not all of whom have gone through The Crimson’s rigorous content comp process.” Editors will continue to be “on alert for potential plagiarism,” Marra wrote...