www.ted.com Eric Topol says we’ll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine’s future — all helping to keep more of us out of hospital beds.tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and tedtalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 tedtalks at www.ted.com
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@lambent77777 That youtuber is a spy! D:<
True. And mobility, I guess does increase quality in the sense that problems can be signaled earlier. But the doctor’s practice is getting ever busier. How wil 40 simultaneous datastreams be managed if 40 anomalies are found simultaneously. Not only will the the monitoring suffice, but a close relationship with programmers will also have to be made to think of smart algorthyms to help the doctor manage false positives and false negatives in real time. That will be effective in daily practice.
Anyone saw “Epic Tools: The wireless future of medicine”? XD
Absolutely amazing. One of the best episodes.
well, hmm, the technology seems really appealing, however, using such tech would mean you could be monitored anywhere.
Good all Bad, those in control of this technology need to consider the privacy of those using it.
You indeed need smart algorithms but a basic function could be just a simple text message to the patient (sent automatically of course) if their vital signs show dangerous anomalies. The message could depending on the case give a small piece of advice (lay down for a bit and monitor yourself or eat something, your blood sugar is dangerously low etc) or a request to call the doctor as soon as possible.
oh goodness. For some reason when I read the title the first time, I read “Epic Tool” instead of “Eric Topol”
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clearly I need a break from the intra-webs
Stopped looking when 7 Iphones was on the same slide at once. I have an iphone myself, but come on TED!!!!! Is it all about commercials now?? Sweet mother of all good…
microsoft doesn’t make phones. And the phone doesn’t matter. It’s good as long as it runs the programs needed.
I thing you need to calm down and focus on what the presentation is actually about. The technlogies displayed here are quite interesting, and you’re whining about some random screenshot of some phone.
@edv11nas lol they do make some lol
Instead of inventing gadgets for Diabetes, use your potential finding a cure for it.
Hope Apple paid TED alot for this advertisment.
@TodayInMyWorld haha i actually read it as epic troll- i think the internet lingo is taking over me too lol
well, actually I didn’t see any logo during the lecture.. I think you can show anything if nothing is specially related to a certain brand…isn’t it?
ups, he just mentioned the Iphone just in the end
well, I like this ideas anyway
awesome
Well this will make assassination much easier. You can confirm a kill just by hacking someone’s monitors with your nexus 1. Oooh or you could send a fake signal showing liver failure or something so that the doctors do the killing.
Is that TED thing in someway related with iphone? It’s pissing me off that they say IThis n IThat like there is only one effin phone on the planet. So you wanna reach people in developing countries with those apps but only if they’ll own fu**ing IPhone? There’s more great phones out there and ppl that could use these med-app’s with their handsets. I hate monopolistic attempts by apple. F**ck IRhytm, f**ck IShoe, f**ck ITunes. IFuck you.
type 2 diabetes, stop over eating… there is your cure man.
this is retarded. people don’t need to see how bad their health is, they need to eat the right foods and not have to worry about their health.
come on TED. yea, this may be impressive tech, but its a step backwards in improving our health. this “vital information” only benefits corporations investing in (and proliferating) our poor health.
completely stupid. i hope we never get to the point where this tech becomes widely used.
@JaksProductions they do? O.O Guess that’s worth checking on google
well I heard they were making some kinda windows 7 mobile or something… yes, an actual mobile.
Money should be spent elsewhere. I hate how companies like this will receive such an abundance of money while people within the cities where these are produced are homeless. Eat healthy, be active, and age may be the only reason for heart failure in later years. I feel this constant monitoring will further increase human anxiety as the users will constantly be checking it. Things like this make life too technology driven.
iPhone was the first and is the furthest technology wise in the smartphone industry so it’s only natural that they test out these apps first on it. I don’t like the iPhone either but damn don’t get butthurt.
Not to mention that the lowercase i prefix is used by a lot of internet and technology related companies. It’s just the new symbol for technology.