A common thread runs through recent developments in the areas of wearables, IoT, AI, mobile computing and cloud computing. It is a desire to understand, adapt to, and improve human behavior. Perhaps the single aspect of human behavior that is most ripe for innovation is the habitual mismatch between long-term goals and moment to moment decision making. To create useful...
Read MoreThe presentation will focus in the process of transforming wearable data into health benefits using physiological analytics. It is generally acknowledged that the raw data provided by wearables needs to be processed to make it meaningful and actionable. The presentation will stress that analytics is required for wearables to have actual health and fitness effects. We will share our experience...
Read MoreCurrent state of wearable device is largely capable of providing basic physical activity information based on motion tracking sensor and an optical sensor. Steps, heart rate, and sleep are all part of the quantified self and digital health movement which is on the rise in both personal and business use. Besides the physical wellness, health is also defined by mental and social well...
Read MoreThe biggest determinant of lifelong health is the period from conception through the first 1000 days of life. Yet pregnancy and postpartum remain the land that science forgot. Technology used in the hospital has not changed in forty years. Technology used at home is unreliable or simply unavailable. Moms-to-be crave more information. Doctors crave better evidences. The convergence of mobile,...
Read MoreEveryday we make thousands of small decisions. We choose what to wear, which route to drive and which TV channel to watch. Most of these decisions have been automated by our brains. We decide based on mental short-cuts that encode what has worked for us in the past. Human decision-making evolved to get us through life almost without thinking. If...
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