Comprehensive Health Monitor and Integrated Breathalyzer
What industry is going to be most impacted by the introduction of wearables, and what is the key disruptive technology?
Healthcare industry is going to be most impacted by the introduction of wearables.
Rising average life expectancy and increasing awareness on health and fitness monitoring will increase the adoption of wearable devices which collect various physiological data and analyze them.
The key existing technologies in present wearable smartband/smartwatch are GPS locator, accelerometer and optical sensors to implement the following lifestyle & fitness applications.
Activity Tracker with Pedometer
Continuous Heart-Rate Tracking (pulses per minute)
Skin Temperature (Celsius)
Ultraviolet (UV) Index Monitor
N.B. The "intelligent health and fitness" of Apple Watch as well as Microsoft Band are limited to these existing technologies.
The key disruptive technologies in future wearable smartband/smartwatch are advanced sensors such as near-infrared light (NIR) from a semiconductor laser built into the wearable device for making non-invasive biomedical measurements to realize the following functions.
Blood Density (g/ml)
Blood Pressure (systolic, diastolic)
Breathalyzer (infrared spectrophotometer for blood alcohol content)
Cellular Oxygen (near-infrared light)
Glucose (mmol/l)
Once miniaturization of hardware components takes place, software in the wearable smartband/smartwatch with intelligent algorithms will analyze the data, and calculate the individual's genuine stress level on a continuous basis.
