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The Health Benefits Of Wearable Technology
...[T]his year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas revealed, a diverse and dizzying array of wearable devices that record and monitor every aspect of our health (and our dogs) are now on offer. Will wearable tech be relegated to the domain of gadget enthusiasts or could these budding fashion statements soon become part of our day-to-day lives?...
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The New Health IT Arms Race Between The US And EU
If you were to ask anyone in the United States what “health access” meant to them, you would get a different answer. In the UK, for most people, it means the ability to access National Health Service (NHS) amenities.
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The Price of Wearable Craze: Personal Health Data Hacks
...in a year when the world's largest technology, medical device and health-care firms are betting big and fast on wearable technology's role in delivering patients a more precise and cost-effective way to manage their health, experts are worried that the pace of updating data-privacy laws and building infrastructures with optimal levels of security doesn't match the speed of the market's technological rollout. The risks to consumers depend on what type of device they're wielding. In rare instances, weak links or endpoints in a cloud-based network powering something like a wearable insulin pump could be life threatening, as it opens the door to hackers tampering with them...
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This Shirt Records Your Heart Rate, Calories Burned, And Stress Levels
We’ve seen a bunch of different new wearable devices, but this one, rather than making a new device to wear, takes a good old fashion tshirt and turns it into technology that tracks health and fitness performance...
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Two Things Hospitals Can't Afford To Ignore
The next time someone asks your patient how they’re doing, they might stop to check their data before answering...Consider: An activity and sleep-monitoring device from Fitbit was Amazon.com’s top-selling health and personal care item this past holiday shopping season...
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UC Irvine Is The First Medical School To Add Google Glass To Its Curriculum
Google Glass is going to medical school. On Thursday, the University of California at Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine announced that it is integrating the already-iconic wearable into its four-year curriculum for medical students — the first medical school to do so...
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Ultimate Wearable Tech: NASA Using 3D Printing To Design Mars Spacesuit
Astronauts will benefit from the use of 3D printing in the new Z-series spacesuit created for survival on Mars...
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VCs Should Back Gadgets For The Sick, Not The Healthy, Doctors Say
Investors have been lining up to invest in consumer-facing health products, as wearable trackers and health apps have taken off with consumers. But these digital-health products—widely used today by people who are already healthy—are subject to the same boom-and-bust cycle that has become the norm in other areas of technology...
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Vivametrica Unveils Open Source Healthcare Analytics Platform For Wearables
A Canadian startup founded by medical professionals plans to offer personal health assessments based on wearable sensor data and public health data sets...
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Wearable For State-Of-Mind Shift Set For 2015
How will neuroscience impact daily life? A more topical question might be, how will neuroscience play a role in the business of electronic-device vendors of headsets and other wearables?...
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Why Can’t All My Sensors Get Along?
From wearable fitness-trackers to sleep-monitoring applications, mobile is the place to go for those looking to improve their health and well-being. Read More »
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Why Voice Is The Next Big Internet Wave
At first glance, few technologies feel as unsexy as voice. From a user’s perspective, little has changed since the days of Alexander Graham Bell. Most see voice as a mature technology that simply connects people in real-time across a distance.
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Will 2015 Be Worst Year Yet For Data Breaches?
This past year the FBI warned the entire healthcare realm that security practices are not keeping pace with other industries. And a new report is suggesting that healthcare organizations should expect even more data breaches in the New Year...
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Games For Health 2014
Games for Health is the leading professional community in the field of health games, bringing together the best minds in game development and health care to advance game technologies that improve health and the delivery of health care. Our mission is to foster awareness of, education about, and development of games that make a positive impact on the health of communities and health care.
The Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge, and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the lead conference sponsor and a major supporter of the Games for Health Project.
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