Episode 0x34: Medical Devices Update

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x34_Medical-Devices.ogg"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in Ogg/Vorbis format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_ogg_button.png"/></a> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x34_Medical-Devices.mp3"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in MP3 format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_mp3_button.png"/></a> </p> <p> <p>Karen gives an update on the advocacy of software freedom for medical devices, while Bradley continually takes the show off-topic.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <ul> <li>Bradley mentioned Jimmy Fallon's <a href="http://snltranscripts.jt.org/03/03oz105.phtml">&hellip; And We're Back</a> script.</li> <li><a href="http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/">Barnaby Jack showed lethal attacks exist on wireless devices. (06:25)</li> <li><a href="http://faif.us/cast/2011/aug/02/0x15/">Karen previously gave a talk about her heart condition on the show</a>. (07:13)</li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oro19-l5M8k">Hugo Campos, who also works on this issue</a>. (26:08)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25">the Therac-25 software-related disaster</a>. (29:30)</li> </ul> <hr width="80%"/> <p>Send feedback and comments on the cast to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a>. You can keep in touch with <a href="https://faif.us">Free as in Freedom</a> on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by <a href="http://identi.ca/conservancy">following Conservancy on identi.ca</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/conservancy">and Twitter</a>.</p> <p>Free as in Freedom is produced by <a href="http://danlynch.org/blog/">Dan Lynch</a> of <a href="http://danlynch.org/">danlynch.org</a>. Theme music written and performed by <a href="http://www.miketarantino.com">Mike Tarantino</a> with <a href="http://www.charliepaxson.com">Charlie Paxson</a> on drums.</p> <p><a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" hspace=10 /></a> The content of <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">this audcast</span>, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>. </p>