This Wearable Technology Detects Health Risks and Depression
Healthcare has become more interactive with the recent advances in technology. It is easier than ever for doctors to monitor their patients. Behaviors and diets often reveal the intricacies of an individual’s relationship with their illness.
Healthcare has become more interactive with the recent advances in technology. It is easier than ever for doctors to monitor their patients. Behaviors and diets often reveal the intricacies of an individual’s relationship with their illness. A computer can access and record data that will help a doctor to create an appropriate treatment plan.
There are a few drawbacks, however, to the current methods of data gathering. Present technology, though very thorough, can also be very invasive. Michigan State University is taking measures to record information, while preserving one’s privacy. Their new device is called “HeadScan.” The difference between this and present technologies is that “HeadScan” works with radio waves. This idea is great for people who want to keep their conversations and surroundings private. Current technology cannot differentiate between the data required and other surrounding input.
The cameras and microphones that are in use right now will be replaced with to pick up the radio waves. The thought is that these antennae will be able to sit on the person’s shoulders. Wearable devices can often seem like a hindrance to wearing. They are, however, necessary for those with many variances illnesses. “HeadScan” is aimed at making this medical necessity less complicated and less of a nuisance. The timeline goal on the widespread use of the “HeadScan” is about two years from now. It has already been presented at the Vienna, Austria Conference and is also being tested to better understand its possibilities. Medical care can be efficient while still allowing the patient their privacy and dignity.
Source; Michigan State University
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Helena Marsh
Helena Marsh is the Editor-in-Chief at TrendinTech, where she leads editorial strategy and oversees coverage across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise technology. With more than a decade in technology journalism on both sides of the Atlantic, she previously served as a senior editor at Wired UK and covered the technology sector for The Guardian, following the rise of the big platforms, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the regulatory push from Brussels and Washington. Helena holds an MA in Journalism from City, University of London and is a regular speaker at Web Summit in Lisbon and CES in Las Vegas. She believes technology reporting should be rigorous and plainly written, so readers understand what actually changes for them rather than what a company's announcement promises.
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