Release date: 2016-09-30
Verily, a life sciences company that was spun off from Google's parent company, Alphabet, is working on a health-tracking smartwatch and has developed a prototype of "hundreds of" watches.
According to Antonio Regalado, author of the MIT Tech Review magazine, the smart watch features a digital hand-surface dial and a circular display that resembles an electronic ink screen.
Verily's chief technology officer, Brian Otis, said the smart watch doesn't need to be recharged every day. The company is also developing its own chips in an effort to reduce energy consumption.
Other smart watches, including Apple's Apple Watch and most smart watches with Google's Android Wear operating system, use LCD or OLED displays. They are capable of displaying colors, but they consume a lot more power than electronic ink screens.
"It's the biggest selling point is low energy consumption," Otis told the MIT Technology Review magazine.
The smart watch is also equipped with a medical sensor that collects various data from the human body. One of these sensors is capable of measuring ECG (electrocardiogram). Other smart watches, such as Apple smart watches, can't do this.
However, you should not expect to be able to quickly enter Best Buy to buy this smart watch. These smart watches seem to be developed for medical researchers and are mainly used in medical clinical research. Verily is working to introduce its comprehensive use of hardware and big data analytics to medical researchers to support clinical research services.
Alphabet, Verily's parent company, is not the only technology company that wants to take a slice of the health care market.
Startup AliveCor is now selling portable ECG sensors that work with iPhone apps. It has also developed an Apple Smart Watch ECG wristband that is currently awaiting approval from relevant regulatory agencies. The company is now led by former Google executive Vic Gundotra.
Apple is also eyeing this field. It has introduced several software architectures, such as ResearchKit for clinical researchers directly.
According to a recent report by Bloomberg, Apple is preparing to expand its health tracking software and its smartwatch capabilities to allow data collected by Apple products to be used to help doctors diagnose.
However, Apple may not add medical sensors to its consumer smart watches. Because Apple believes that "a blood glucose meter or blood pressure sensor can only help a small number of users."
Source: Arterial Network
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