Comments on: Digital sensors – Heart of the matter.

By: windsorr

windsorr — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:59:01 +0000

agree. Apple appear much further ahead when it comes to eheath than anything on Android.

By: windsorr

windsorr — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:57:48 +0000

It does not miss the point in any way shape or form. The point is that the perfect UX is one where the user doesent have to do anything and the sensor can monitor and always on ECG. It is not a criticism but more a statement of fact from where it is today against the ideal towards which to strive/

By: Colin

Colin — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:58:57 +0000

Criticising the KardiaBand because it doesn’t do real time monitoring rather misses the point.

This is what the NHS says about how to get a cardiogram done now:
“The test will usually be carried out at a hospital or clinic by a trained specialist called a cardiac physiologist, although it can sometimes be done at your GP surgery” – plus the time to get the results.

The combination of Apple Watch and KardiaBand does all of that if you put your thumb on your watch band. That’s a huge customer benefit.

Vic Gundotra said this:
“We were able to run a deep neural network on the Apple Watch and keep it to 14 hours of battery life on the new Series 3 Watch,” Gundotra said. “Apple deserves kudos for building such a platform that allows us — I mean, I think we are the most advanced app ever built for the Apple Watch. “

That suggests real time monitoring may consume too much power to be practical on a watch. So perhaps they got it right after all?

By: Mick R

Mick R — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:58:33 +0000

Apple are also aligned with Dexcom, another medical devices company based out of California who make sensors that read your glucose levels. Huge, growing mobile market. They showed the device working with an Apple watch and iPhone at WWDC17 in a presentation. So now there are channels for people who suffer from strokes, diabetes and other chronic conditions to manage their lives.