While reading
computing magazine I stumbled across an article titled:
Picture Messaging Comes To The Rescue.
The interesting this about this article is that it is inadvertently brings attention to the breadth of blogging. Here are some article excerpts:
Lives could be saved if pioneering messaging trial is a success
Mobile phone photo messaging could help to save lives at the scene of an accident if a new service being tested in Scotland is successful.
Fife Fire & Rescue Service has started trials using photo messaging to receive advice from doctors on how to deal with critical injuries at major incidents.
Rescue officers will send photo messages of accidents via GPRS to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) unit at Dunfermline's Queen Margaret hospital, preparing emergency wards for the arrival of casualties and receiving help in return.
'We plan to send pictures of traffic accidents directly to the hospital, in order to get advice about how best to deal with the accident victims,' said Fife Fire & Rescue Service firemaster Mike Bitcon.
Using the photographs, doctors can assess the injuries and prepare appropriately, as well as deciding if a doctor should be present at the scene of the accident.
'We're confident that this initiative will help to save lives,' said Bitcon.
This can all happen right now, and independent of any particular network carrier or device via the inherent power of blogging (using mobile or multimedia blogging technology).