Do we ever learn from our past mistakes? For many years we believed that technology was an inevitable force for good. It would give us instant access to a near infinite amount of information and allow us to easily and instantly connect with nearly anyone on earth. What could go wrong? The answer is that…
FDA Approves ECG Band For Apple Watch
November 30, 2017 by 4 Comments
(Updated) —Kardia Band is the first FDA approved medical accessory for the Apple Watch. The FDA has cleared a band for the Apple Watch that records an ECG. According to AliveCor, the Kardia Band is the first medical device accessory cleared by the FDA for the Apple Watch. The Kardia Band is activated with a…
No, An Apple Device Won’t Tell You If You’re Having A Heart Attack
February 17, 2014 by 2 Comments
No one knows for sure but Apple appears to be strongly interested in adding medical applications and technologies to its current and future products. We know that Apple has patented a heart sensor that could be incorporated in a future iPhone or iWatch, though it seems more likely that it would be used for security rather than health purposes. We…
Apple Patent Could Add Heart Sensor To iPhones
January 6, 2014 by 1 Comment
On Christmas Eve the US Patent Office dropped a present down Apple’s chimney: a patent for a “seamlessly embedded heart rate monitor” that might one day allow an iPhone to identify and authenticate a user through the unique signature of the heart’s electrocardiogram (ECG). … Click here to read the full story on Forbes. …
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