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Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals wearable sensors and, more specifically, to a network of wearable sensors for recognizing and tracking movements and exercises. Instead of limiting athletic sensors to running shoes for joggers, the new sensor system will expand and support sensors that could be worn by athletes of all levels to measure important workout data related to floor exercises, weigh 
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Connected health aims to better connect patients and doctors in a mutually beneficial way, using high tech to analyze and diagnose patient issues.
Farid Mheir's insight:
Connected health is the emerging industry that leverages Internet of Things to connect patient with doctors. Estimated at 117B$, this is a huge industry with as big opportunities for digital transformation.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT Digital transformation is at its most personal for all things related to health, healthcare, wellness, fitness, and anything that touches your body and your behaviour. Watch out for the changes that will come in this field for both opportunities and privacy issues.
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What I’ve been wrestling with now that I no longer quantify myself is why I don’t want to write the stories and take the pictures that made my diet blog compelling. I think it’s because it’s too detailed a mirror. I’m not in denial about the calories, or the snacking, or the judgments of the scale. I just don’t want to tell that story any more.
Farid Mheir's insight:
A very personal story on the use of trackers and quantified self to loose weigth. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT More than ever, quantified self and wearables will provide very personal information to help guide us towards wellness - and allow people to share them with the world. Not everyone is ready and willing to do so.
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Thomas Blomseth Christiansen is not an ordinary geek. For the last five years he has been tracking everyday things about his life—from steps to sneezes. He now has more than 100,000 data points, and he has used them to improve his health. After many minor, and some major, changes to his lifestyle, he’s nearly gotten rid of his allergy to pollen.
Farid Mheir's insight:
A man tracks his every sneezes - and many other health data. He is a legend amongst quantified self community. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT As more people track their health and wear sensors, the kind of health benefits that Christiansen has had will be available for all.
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The healthcare industry thinks so—the next generation of fitness trackers will be able to continuously monitor a patient's vitals, from blood pressure to temperature. Here's how daily updates from these devices might eliminate the need for a yearly physical.
Farid Mheir's insight:
A review of the different type of wearable devices and software to track our fitness and wellness, and the shortcomings of many. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT As we enter the new age of internet of things, quantified self and life logging, with our bodies and minds covered in sensors, our current information overload will grow exponentially. The need for algorithms that analyze all this data to translate the raw data into actionable information will become essential.
Ron Abate's curator insight,
September 21, 2015 10:59 AM
Technology will soon monitor our health....
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Who doesn't want their sexual performance analysed by a virtual sex coach? Exactly, and that's the thinking behind (or on top, or reverse cowgirl, or...we'll stop now) Lovely - the smart wearable sex toy for couples. Just landed on Indiegogo, Lovely slips on to a male you-know-where and is made of body-safe, silky smooth, medical-grade…
Farid Mheir's insight:
Looks good but not certain I am ready for so much personal data but I guess it has to happen at some point in time... ;-)
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HidrateMe, a smart water bottle that syncs to your phone to track your water intake and glows to remind you to stay hydrated
Farid Mheir's insight:
The bottle promises to track your water intake and remind you when you have not taken enough. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT? All quantified self trackers want to track your food and water intake but it is a pain to do it manually. I guess this lowers the barrier to track your life thoroughly.
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A higher prevalence of obesity in Northern and Eastern Europe United Kingdom, Iceland and Scandinavian countries, except for Sweden, are in the group of the countries most concerned with overweight and obesity issues. Is it because of the climate or due to eating habits? Some of them are among the wealthiest countries. With a prevalence …
Farid Mheir's insight:
Data gathered with a simple device - the withings connected scale - can provide evidence of obesity and where it is most prevalent in Europe.
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Instead of staying up binging on House of Cards, celebrate sleep week by pledging to go to bed early. It'll help your body and mind get the sleep it needs.
Farid Mheir's insight:
fascinating what data from many people can tell us.
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An overview of the impact of the end of year festivities on health: sleep, weight and physical activity
Farid Mheir's insight:
No surprise in the data: people go to bed late on xmas and new year and wake up later the next morning. But the difference in each country seems to demonstrate that Americans don't party a lot and that French party more than many others. Here again, no surprise... ;-)
Farid Mheir's comment,
June 2, 2015 5:16 PM
thank you @Hany Aly @Vandana Verma. Feel free to recommend my topic
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Apple has filed a patent that describes a network to link to the various electronic devices we wear.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
Our body will soon become the center of a digital network, connecting the devices and sensors we wear but also I assume the ones we will have implanted in our heart, brain, muscles, etc. Much like the enterprise and the car have needed a network to enable and make communications seamless, this has the same potential.