VERY good point. I've speculated that the whole iWatch thing was a ploy to get Samsung et.al. to dump lots of cash into something that will fail and cost them a bundle. It's very logical that they would also use it as a smokescreen for development. Then while the rest are trying to make a go of it selling feature watches to a public that will for the most part be unimpressed, Apple will drop something out of left field that will surprise everyone.
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VERY good point. I've speculated that the whole iWatch thing was a ploy to get Samsung et.al. to dump lots of cash into something that will fail and cost them a bundle. It's very logical that they would also use it as a smokescreen for development. Then while the rest are trying to make a go of it selling feature watches to a public that will for the most part be unimpressed, Apple will drop something out of left field that will surprise everyone.
I also keep wondering if Apple is working on getting into the medical hardware industry. Think about it, it's very high-tech, very high margins, and the current technology used in that industry seems bloated.
I'm very stoked for this technology. I thought that my diabetes was well under control because of the meds I take and so I've gotten kind of sloppy with how I eat and I don't check my blood sugar very often.
So my last labs were six months ago and this week I found out that my A1C had gone from a 5.7 to a 5.9. That's just at the tip of the normal range, and not dangerous yet, but if I was getting readings on a regular basis I might have detected this trend early and skipped a few jelly doughnuts.
That's actually a great range! I test about ~20/day, my A1C is 5.5-5.9, highest I ever had was 6.1. I've been diabetic since 12, now 37, and pushing myself everyday to stay in shape.
There was a patent on using infrared tech for BG testing, and the 5+ year study showed no indiscernible result differences when compared to traditional bg testing. The issue, companies would lose billions in test strip sales, and just like alternative fuel vehicle engines, the devices and patents were buried.
A good friend worked as a researcher for J&J then Merck, now a project manager. Pharm companies usually throw 10% of their budget into R&D for cures and the rest for treatment research. There's far more money in test strips, glucose meters, insulin, syringes, not to mention medications to treat complications in older age diabetics that inevitably occur no matter how well you take care of yourself.
Money talks...
This +1
To many fresh hires. I think the iWatch is something to watch in 2015....no pun intended.
Maybe, but it also seems like an intelligent and wearable health device could have helped Steve.
Actually, what would have helped Steve the most was early traditional medical interventions. He recognized this only after it was too late and he had wasted his time on homeopathic "cures" that didn't work.
Thanks. I am quite aware of that. Obviously it could not hold the name New after the forth generation was launched! I think Apple was going to dump numbers but it appeared people got so confused with the name. Honestly, nothing shocks me anymore when it comes to peoples stupidity!
I think, if Apple is taking interest in health domain and coming up with health wearables , then it will make people aware of their health parameters. Apple would stick to this project for longer period (unlike other tech companies) changing scenario of health awareness. Apple has potential to change habit of people
As a pre-med student, I agree and am very excited to start using this technology in the not so distant future.
Though, these technologies are still insanely expensive and I think devices like this would be great for the medicine cabinet. I would love to see more non-invasive sensors, especially for blood glucose levels.
I think, if Apple is taking interest in health domain and coming up with health wearables , then it will make people aware of their health parameters. Apple would stick to this project for longer period (unlike other tech companies) changing scenario of health awareness. Apple has potential to change habit of people
I'll believe people changing their health habits due to Apple when I see it. For those with specific needs, I can see this being a revolutionary device, but I don't think we'll see blood pressure or glucose monitoring for a while.
I agree with that, but think a device telling him on a daily basis that homeopathic isn't turning things around would have helped. Dismissing doctors would have been easy as he didn't believe or trust them to start with and thought he knew better. Seeing a daily decay of your physiology is hard to argue against. I'm just thinking it would have been less than a year lost to homeopathic, not that it would have erased all of the time.