by Alfred Poor | June 9, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Mary Meeker is a venture capitalist with the firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and is known for her intensive and extensive annual presentations on Internet Trends. In her report this year, she spent a portion of her presentation on the impact of the...
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by Alfred Poor | May 10, 2017 | General News, Health
According to a new white paper from StrongArm Technologies and Intelex, industrial workers are starting to reap the benefits of wearable technology and the Big Data analytics that these devices generate. “The Ergo-Skeletons Are Coming!” starts by pointing...
by Alfred Poor | May 2, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
Professional sport is a Big Business worldwide that generates billions of dollars in annual revenues. It should not be surprising that leagues and teams and players are investing in Big Data analytics in an effort to find a competitive edge. Wearable Health...
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by Alfred Poor | April 17, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
It sounds tempting: a watch that can monitor and record multiple biometric and environmental measures including electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate, skin electrical activity, and motion. It runs for up to a week on a single charge. It stores enough data for a week or...
by Alfred Poor | March 30, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
“The Quantified Self” holds great promise for healthcare, as we replace once-a-year checkups with a rich data set of biometric information collected around the clock, all year long. The question is whether or not healthcare professionals perceive...
