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"Bureaucracies hide their mistakes, because people's careers are tied to those mistakes. Therefore, bureaucracies are a perfect mechanism for perpetuating mistakes."
- Frank Herbert
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| Diagnostic Sleeve | ||
| Worn on one arm, it diagnoses and adminsters medications. |
I thought this was an interesting variation on the automatic bloodpressure cuffs that are becoming more common. Instead of just taking a bloodpressure, the diagnostic sleeve probably takes more data, and will also perform medical interventions if necessary.
| Bury's vision swam. He pulled the diagnostic sleeve out of his chair arm and inserted his arm, hoping mobody would notice. Orange dots blinked, and he felt the coolness of a tranquilizer injection. |
| Technovelgy from Gripping Hand,
by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle). Published by Pocket in 1993 Additional resources -
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