Wearables and smartwatch (Fitbit, Apple Watch)
Wearables y reloj inteligente (Fitbit, Apple Watch)
- Date
- 2015 · confidence high
- Place
- Apple, Cupertino, California, United States; Fitbit, San Francisco (2009)
- Credited to
- Apple; Fitbit (James Park, Eric Friedman); Pebble (2012)
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Wrist-worn devices with sensors for movement, pulse, oxygen and electrocardiogram connected to the phone. They turned the body into a continuous source of health data.
What it led to
- Continuous health monitoring and personal preventive medicine
- The quantified self and the market for health data
- The early detection of arrhythmias at population scale
Built on
Made possible
- telemedicine
- atrial fibrillation detection
- data-driven insurance