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How smart devices can create a national “health map” for tackling epidemics

March 25, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments

As we continue another week of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s interesting to see how countries are using smart devices and services to enforce lockdowns. The solutions range from tracking locations of individuals at the state level to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Apple, Apple Watch, blood pressue, digital health, fda, Garmin, health data, heart rate, Kinsa, privacy, pulse oximeter, temperature

Amazon missed a huge opportunity by not buying Fitbit

November 6, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

After two months of rumors that Fitbit was looking for a buyer and that Google was potentially interested, we now know this was true: Google announced its acquisition plan for Fitbit two weeks ago. And I suggested to current Fitbit device fans that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple Watch, digital health, exercise tracking, Fitibit, Garmin, google, health tracking, personal data, wearables

Podcast: Smart walls and dumb homes

May 4, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week Kevin and I discuss Amazon’s big security install reveal and how it made us feel. Plus, a smart home executive leaves Amazon and Facebook’s rumored smart speaker makes another appearance. China is taking surveillance even further and Kevin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Bluesmart, carnegie mellon, Chris Harrison, digital health, enterprise, Facebook, fitbit, google, Hive, nest, nokia, smart home, SmartThings, Wink, Withings, Yale, z-wave, zigbee

The FDA now has an action plan to improve connected health

April 23, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is stuck with an old regulatory structure in a new world of constantly evolving medical devices. It's just one more symptom of how ill-prepared our regulatory regime is for a world where technology is an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: AliveCor, digital health, fda, medical devices, security

Podcast: The Nest doorbell is a great video doorbell

April 13, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

Microsoft plans to spend $5 billion on the internet of things, and it’s more than the usual shell game that big firms play with these sorts of announcements. We discuss its plans on this week’s podcast. We also talk about Qualcomm’s new vision chips … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: amazon alexa, August, Ben Goodman, digital health, Dolby Laboratories, enterprise, Forgerock, Google Home, IEEE, ikea, industrial internet, LIFX, Microsoft, nest, Qualcomm, security, simplisafe, smart home, Tradfri, Yonomi

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