By Paddy Padmanabhan, CIO | June 5, 2019 Voice is the most obvious next step of user interface that is going to radically change the way we interact with technology in healthcare services. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet. Amazon made news recently when details of its proposed emotion-sensing wearable device [...]
The Medical Futurist | June 4, 2019 Each year 2-3 million non-melanoma and 132,000 melanoma skin cancers occur globally according to statistics from the WHO. Thus, every tool has to be deployed for early detection and intervention. As smartphone penetration already reached the quarter of the Earth’s population, smartphone apps [...]
By Dave Muoio, MobiHealth News | May 29, 2019 Launching in 2020, Pokémon Sleep will feature gameplay that responds to the player's sleep habits. The summer of 2016 was dominated by a digital wellness app that few saw coming: Pokémon Go, a mobile game that used GPS and augmented reality [...]
By Kevin Truong, MedCity News | May 23, 2019 The product (codenamed Dylan) is being developed by Amazon's hardware development team Lab126 and its Alexa division. Designed to be worn on the wrist, the device seemingly has a form factor similar to a smartwatch. Amazon has a health-oriented wearable in [...]
By Laura Lovett, MobiHealth News | May 22, 2019 This morning MassBio hosted a panel on the use cases for the technology in clinical trials and beyond. Virtual assistants and wearable technologies are starting to catch the pharma world’s attention. The industry is exploring how the new tools can be [...]
The Medical Futurist | May 21, 2019 A blockchain toothbrush could help you collect love tooth coins, a smart condom could measure your performance in the bedroom, a cooperative app could log your poop, and an electric shock alarm clock could make you jump out of bed (happy?) every day. [...]
