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I saw an old man at the airport a while ago, asleep on a bench.
I wondered how long it would take for people to notice if he died there.
Here's the idea (this could really be applied to anyone - not just old people. I don't want to be ageist):
The sign is attached to a wire that is secured
around your neck (secured so that you don't ironically strangle yourself), with a contact point at your jugular. The sign reads "I am NOT dead." in electronic ink. The contact point monitors your pulse (there'd have to be a battery in the wire) and if your pulse stops, the electronic ink alters such that the T in NOT changes to a W, alerting passersby.
(?) Try this kit
http://www.ramseyel...f/hmanuals/ecg1.pdf
[kbecker, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Even if you have an "I'm NOT Dead" sign, someone may work to prove that you in fact ARE dead:
http://uberkinder.5u.com/paul/
[Amos Kito, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
When flashing, still alive
http://www.halfbake...a/Heartbeat_20Shirt
[AO, Oct 04 2004]
Granny Weatherwax
http://www.collecto....asp?product=DWC139
Terry Pratchett got there first. [English Bob, Oct 04 2004]
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Why not a more generally useful and less obtrusive monitor that monitors the life signs of someone at risk, and automatially summons medical help if things look bad, as well as alerting people in the vicinity that the subject needs attention? |
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//an old man at the airport a while ago, asleep//
Was it Paul McCartney? He's had a tough time proving he's not dead [link]. |
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Be sure there's a backup sign in case of battery failure: "If there's no power to my sign, I may or may not be dead." |
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I am NOT/W Paul McCartney |
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[DrCurry] Good on you. But my concern with this idea is more for the hapless onlooker who wonders whether it might be in poor taste to go shake a sleeping person or hold a mirror up to his or her mouth to see if the person is still alive. I think your idea is GREAT for the sleeper, but doesn't really help the unsure gawker in the airport, does it? |
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What if I'm not dead when I go to sleep, but I die while I'm sleeping. I'll be dead AND a liar. |
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Well the device would detect that and change the 'T' to a 'W' |
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What if I died because as a result of a decaying particle and there was no one around to see. |
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What would my sign say then? |
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I had a sign on my door at college that said "I'm [NOT] here. Go Away." |
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[DeathNinja] thanks for understanding. |
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I suppose eventually, given the potential of electronic ink, the sign could simply read out the person's health status, and perhaps appease DrCurry a bit: "I am NOT dead." ===> "I am suffering CORONARY distress." ===> "I am NOW dead." |
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//I had a sign on my door at college that said "I'm [NOT] here. Go Away." |
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The [NOT] was removable. // |
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Handy for housebreakers, I'll bet. |
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[snarfyguy] Handy in what way? It SAYS "Go Away" doesn't it? |
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Personally, i'd prefer a blinking/buzzing neon sign, such as seen in most David Lynch movies. When I die on the bench, the sign should just sputter and go out as well. |
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In the Robin Williams movie "Toys" his father had a beanie-with-a-spinner-on-top hat hooked to his pace-maker so that if it stopped spinning he, and others around him, would know that he was in trouble. That's pretty cool too. |
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"I had a sign on my door at college that said "I'm [NOT] here. Go Away." The [NOT] was removable." |
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Yeah, but I laughed when I thought of an old man on a park bench with a sign reading "I'm now dead". "I'm dead" Isn't as funny for some reason. |
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I've got to stop owning up to this type of thing. |
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Isn't this just giving a readout on battery status rather than occupant's health? |
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[egbert] - yeah, but at least the person wouldn't REALLY be dead. In my mind, that's better than a dead person that everyone thinks is just sleeping. I guess we could add in a solar recharger and post signs in the airports: "Please sleep in the sun". |
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There are simply concentrations in certain geographic locations. |
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Marvelous I think, Heat sensitive lettering, to say I am Now dead, to notify hospital personnel in waiting room. But if you forget your sign, then you are just sleeping until they put the paddles to your ass. |
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If I was pedantic, I might take issue with the sign reading "I am now dead" - if you die, the "I" who is apparantly asserting your state of deadness would no longer exist and so the sign is meaningless. I'd be happier if the sign rewrote itself to say "Dead body" but this doesn't have the elegance of the "t/w" switch. |
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