All of the companies that are working on smartwatches are adding their own personal flair to the project. Not all smartwatches are created equal. Everyone adds a little something that makes their product stand apart from the rest of the crowd.
What really makes these additions stand out is delivering something that is actually useful. With that in mind, would you consider a smartwatch that could predict heart attacks before they happen as useful? I know that to me, that sounds like a great idea.
As the Business Insider said, “What if your wristwatch could tell you that you were about to have a heart attack? You'd be able to chew some aspirin to prevent it. You'd be able to call 911 and get the ambulance on the way. You'd be more likely to survive. Perhaps a large portion of the 600,000 people who die of heart disease every year — would not.”
If the rumors are true, this is exactly what Apple is attempting to accomplish with its iWatch. It does seem that Adrian Perica, who is head of mergers and acquisitions at Apple has been a very busy man lately.
One rumor has Apple trying to acquire electric auto maker Tesla. Perica met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Cupertino last spring. In addition to this, there is also news that Apple is conducting some major exploration of medical devices, more specially, sensor technology that can help predict heart attacks.
Toward this end, American film theorist, audio engineer and inventor of film technologies, most notably the Lucasfilm THX sound system, Tomlinson Holman was hired by Apple. He also developed the world's first 10.2 sound system. This is a surround sound system.
The reason that Holman was hired is for his expertise in sound. Apple is exploring way of being able to predict a heart attack by studying the sound that blood makes as it flows through the arteries. If this comes to light, as mentioned above, it is something that could save a lot of lives.
Usually you have to wait until you feel chest pains that move through your left arm to realize that you are having a heart attack. Unfortunately, that is the point where sometimes it is too late. If you have the ability to call an ambulance or at least your doctor by using the iWatch to monitor turbulence in your blood flow, then you might stand a fighting chance.
Of course, when it comes to Apple, most of the time rumors are just that, something that either doesn’t pan out or by the time the device comes to market it is nothing like what people expected to see. The fact that Apple has been consulting with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and hiring impressive medical device talent lends credibility to some interesting features for the iWatch.
Edited by
Cassandra Tucker
