But most back surgeries--and back surgery devices--exist to ease pain, not save lives.
Spine device maker Alphatec Holdings was the biggest loser among medical stocks in August, as its shares dropped 51% as a slowing market for back surgery devices and trouble managing an integration cut its growth outlook for the year.
So get something on device, pushed up to the cloud, and back to other devices to sync them.
Hawkins admits that in the past "there was not the rigor" in testing back-pain devices that there should have been.
Its once spectacular revenue growth has slowed to a crawl on stagnant sales for its core cardiac defibrillator and pacemaker products, mounting skepticism over its back-surgery devices and industrywide price pressures.
Though Rook could tell when he got his devices back that a few Yahoo emails from his agent had been read, the officers did not cite any private messages in explaining the ban.
For those who do want their devices back, it's best not to try to retrieve something oneself, says San Francisco police officer Marc Hinch, who runs Stolen911, a blog devoted to tracking down stolen property.
Despite having a 4-inch screen, it doesn't seem much bigger than the Galaxy S or even an iPhone 3GS. It's only if you put these devices back-to-back when it becomes apparent the Focus 2 is larger.
Chief Executive Ken Potashner says the company would be required to turn over data on what programs ReplayTV owners watch, how many commercials they skip and so on, data that would traceable back to individual devices.
While the store is only built to work with Kaleidescape's high-end disc-playback systems -- these usually start in the thousands of dollars, and you'll need M-Class hardware for HD -- it currently offers movies from Warner Bros. with an Ultraviolet copy attached, so buyers can play them back on mobile devices through apps such as Flixster and Vudu.
Through Panasonic's proprietary VIERA ConnectTM platform, users can transfer personal photos and videos from their Android or iOS devices directly to the large screen with a simple swipe of the finger and transfer them back to their smart devices the same way.
ENGADGET: Panasonic details sixteen new LED TVs for the new year, none larger than 55 inches
They spent good money engineering "features" into these devices that kept their customers from freely moving their music back and forth between their devices.
Our Whispersync technology makes it simple to move back and forth between devices.
"I tried moving away from Apple, but I keep getting sucked back in because the devices work well together, " he said.
When a connection is available, this data is transmitted to a cloud service, which mirrors it back down to all devices in the area.
FORBES: Mobile, Social, Crowd, Cloud: Why These Concepts Matter
These apps failed to implement standard scrambling systems, allowing "man-in-the-middle" attacks to reveal data that passes back and forth when devices communicate with websites.
It offered the first Palm OS devices with removable storage, the first devices that could play back audio and video, and the first high-resolution color devices.
Smart View lets consumers move content seamlessly from the TV to connected devices and back in real-time, so consumers never miss a moment of their favorite shows using AllShare.
ENGADGET: Samsung, Flo Rida introduce massive Giga Sound MX-FS9000 speakers (update: hands-on video)
Manufacturers can connect shop floor devices to back-end IT.
ENGADGET: Windows Embedded Standard 8 preview now available for download
He says there are many things trying to combine power servers on the back-end with mobile devices.
Back to hardware: connected devices include a rear-view safety camera and Bluetooth integration with your mobile phone for hands-free calling.
FORBES: Updated: Will the Tesla Model S be the Next Great Mobile Apps Platform?
The new iOS 4.3.3 alters how the iPhone and the 3G iPad devices store and back up a built-in location database cache.
To answer that question, we must first take a step back and consider why mobile devices have grown so pervasive over the past 30 years.
FORBES: Time For IT Shops To Get Moving On Enterprise Mobility
So whether you were using cartridges or downloading apps (priced from five to 25 bucks) from LeapFrog's store, all of that content can go back and forth between the devices.
ENGADGET: LeapFrog LeapPad 2 and Leapster GS Explorer hands-on (video)
The Windows Embedded Standard 8 CTP is an important step in giving developers and enterprises an opportunity to evaluate Windows 8 technologies for connecting specialized devices to powerful back-end software.
ENGADGET: Windows Embedded Standard 8 preview now available for download
For years, the U.S. market has lacked a standard technology for translating Internet data to information that can be displayed over wireless devices - holding back advertising along the way.
Dr. Michelle Collie, director of Performance Physical Therapy in Rhode Island, says she started seeing patients with head, neck and back pain caused by mobile devices six or seven years ago.
Jobs talked for years about making Apple the center of your digital life. iCloud will be the back-end, but devices on your desktop, in your pocket, and throughout your home are the front-facing aspect of that relationship.
Twenty of the wood and vacuum tube, AM-only devices, some dating back to the 1930s, are crowded into Brill's house.
It works similar to other devices -- gesture back to delete, forward to space and hook back to the left to enter.
ENGADGET: LG Optimus Vu review: a 5-inch, pen-enabled phone to take on the Galaxy Note
应用推荐