ubiquitous computing
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Smart Speakers Like the Nest and Echo Could One Day Be Contactless Heart Monitors
As it turns out, smart speakers have proven to be handy in hospitals, allowing patients to independently control devices, as well as lessen the workload for clinicians and caretakers. And now, researchers from the University of Washington have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables these devices to monitor regular and irregular heartbeats.
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We Are Tech Is the Exact Edtech Startup the U.S. Needs Right Now
“The action of amplifying [Black voices] has been necessary, but what is the next step?” said Brittany Jenkins, the founder of the We Are Tech edtech startup. Jenkins is on the frontlines of working to foster diversity and equity in the tech industry. We Are Tech is not the first organisation to address these issues,…
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Apple Watch Can Detect Covid-19 a Week Early, Study Finds
In the early days of the pandemic, dozens of researchers launched studies trying to see whether wearables of all sorts could potentially identify covid-19 before symptoms began. In one such study, researchers from Mount Sinai discovered that the Apple Watch was capable of detecting the onset of covid-19 up to seven days before current testing…
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Google Just Turned Your Phone’s Camera Into a Weirdly Advanced Health Tracker
As wearable devices like smartwatches become more sophisticated, with sensors that can do everything from detecting atrial fibrillation to measuring blood oxygen levels, smartphones have been left in the dust. And yet phones are far more ubiquitous, which is why Google has developed two new health-tracking features that use just a phone’s camera.