Medical Wearables - A New Craze or a Haze
High-tech mobility is on the rise. The healthcare industry is soaking up new innovations such as electronic health records, tele-health apps, and wearable technologies to improve efficiency and health care quality. They estimate wearable technologies to reach $100 billion by 2023. The list of Medical wearables is non-exhaustive, at the time I am typing this article one medical wearables might be being launched somewhere… so I collected just a few drops from the ocean of medical technology to talk about. Byteflies Sensor Dot This Oreo-sized device attaches to a person’s body and collects a wealth of biometric health data. Squeezed into a package the size of a fingertip, the sensors built into the Byteflies Sensor Dot measure the following signals: photoplethysmogram (PPG), electrocardiogram (ECG), respiration, motion, and electrodermal activity (EDA). ARIA Spectacles Aria helps sight-impaired and blind people by outfitting a user with a smart glas