How will the launch of the Apple Watch change and/or improve healthcare for the patient? Will it in fact improve anybody’s health or does it just seem like a cool idea? This question runs deeper than just healthcare technology. That question can be asked of any technology. Have mobile phones made your life easier? Has […]
This week Google prescribed a new search result for 400 of the most common medical search terms. If you ask your smartphone about the “common cold” you will get the following result on the right side. Interestingly enough on the top ad section there was an ad for Vicks. Guess is what listed when you […]
Could Google cure cancer and detect heart attacks? …Google Research Labs is trying. Love or hate Google, you cant deny their ability to dream. Their Google X research lab has taken on the “C” word – Cancer. It has spent a lot of money and gathered top talent from all over the world to do one […]
How close are you to your smartphone? I bet you take it to dinner, on your favorite exercise, in the car, in the bathroom (not me) and you probably are using it to be your personal trainer, your coach and soon to come – your doctor.The healthcare industry is full of innovation and breakthroughs, but […]
Flexible glass meets technology meets the consumer. This could be the next big thing for Apple. Tim Cook acknowledged in an ABC interview yesterday that Apple has something big going on in Arizona concerning sapphire glass, but stopped short of admitting that a forthcoming iWatch might be a major beneficiary of the new material. A number of other […]
The new iWatch is coming. Reports in the New York Times claim the first-generation smart-watch will be charged wirelessly, using existing technologies currently used with select smartphones and cases. Future models of the wrist-worn technology may even be powered by solar or kinetic energy to make sure they never lose charge. Apple has hired medical and sleep experts to […]