Upward Mobility: These Colorful Canes Have Class http://t.co/wHrmZVfvQt
— Co.Design (@FastCoDesign) October 3, 2013
There's more promised than is ready at the Sabi web site, but, still, the products sound pretty good.
Upward Mobility: These Colorful Canes Have Class http://t.co/wHrmZVfvQt
— Co.Design (@FastCoDesign) October 3, 2013
There's more promised than is ready at the Sabi web site, but, still, the products sound pretty good.
The Tampa Bay Times reports the story of The Rolling Dance Chair.
via @MedGadget. Puts me in mind of a video shared by Jad Abumbrad last year.
Man demos robotic prosthetic arm. Very cool - http://t.co/Cm5ByNHw (via @reggiewatts)
— Jad Abumrad (@JadAbumrad) November 8, 2012
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The Futurist issues this report on the future of medicine.
The report also contains these findings:By 2030, adult visits to a doctor for an annual physical, blood cholesterol screening, exams for prostate or breast cancer, and many other important but nonemergency consultations will be a thing of the past.
It all sounds pretty positive to me except a note that bots, basically, will scan daily results, send a text message to obtain more information if necessary, and schedule an examination for issues that warrant it. My mindset tells me that if I've been sailing along without a known problem and all of a sudden I get a text message about my blood pressure, I'll be pretty alarmed. Seems that some adjustment of expectations among both patients and doctors is in order.2. Patients will, after initial privacy concerns abate, begin to understand that regular, consistent monitoring of many health indicators will act in their favor, preserving good health and indicating potential catastrophic conditions.
3. Insurers will price policies and make coverage conditional on the use of this system of monitoring and detection.