Wearable Devices

USA Today on health and safety monitoring uses

•Comfort Zone is a Web-based service for remotely monitoring a person with Alzheimer's. The alert device, which is made by Omnilink and sold by the Alzheimer's Association, is about the size of a Tic Tac and can be installed in a car or worn around the neck. Aetrex, a shoemaker, also inserts the device into special shoes.

•AmberWatch GPS uses the same technology but is marketed by the AmberWatch Foundation. School-age children can clip it to a backpack. "If someone leaves a (preset) zone, the loved one gets a text on their phone," says Graff-Radford of Omnilink.

•BioHarness sensors by Zephyr Technology (in photo) are worn as a patch or strap by U.S. Special Forces troops, pro athletes and hospital patients. Information about their health condition is sent to cloud servers, and doctors download it to their computer or phone. "It has to be wearable and fashionable," says Brian Russell, CEO of Zephyr. "Even 70-year-olds don't want to look silly."

•Exmobaby, a line of infant pajamas with sensors that send vital signs (heart rate, temp) and information about the baby's "emotional state" to parents' mobile devices, will be on sale later this year, says David Bychkov, CEO of Exmovere, which makes the product.

Comments

[NadhanAtHP]

Hello, Vinnie. This is E.G.Nadhan, HP Distinguished Technologist.

Wearable devices continue to intrigue me and the list you provide here is no exception. You have covered a wide spectrum of applications of this technology that makes one realize that the possibilities are endless.

Your post takes me back to a profound message that my grandfather shared with us many years back -- "Your attire defines your behavior". Based on these words of wisdom, I wrote a post that projects how such wearable devices could define the behavior and life-style of my future grandson in combination with another innovation stream -- flexible displays. http://bit.ly/IDXzrd

Please feel free to check my post out http://bit.ly/IDXzrd. I am sure there are several ways to extend this post introducing the application of the devices you list here.

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[vinnie mirchandani]

Thanks - there are several more sophisticated apps in firefighting, aviation safety and other areas which require free limbs that I had cataloged in my 2010 book The New Polymath

[Onlne Web Zone]

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[NadhanAtHP]

Hello, Vinnie. This is E.G.Nadhan, HP Distinguished Technologist.

A conversation with a co-worker of mine who had multiple acquaintances and family members dealing with Alzheimer's disease reminded me of your post. When I read it again, I could not help wondering about the possibilites opened up by their application in real life. I have shared my thoughts in this post on how they could be applied: http://bit.ly/O9u3fX.

It also prompted me to take a step back and wonder about the end goal of all these technologies. It is really to deliver on the outcomes that matter to people we care about.

Please feel free to check my post out and thank you for continuing to share such wonderful innovative devices that improve the lives of the human population at large.

Twitter: @NadhanAtHP

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