The Emerging Field of Health Data Science in Boston

melling wrote: post #6

"What if you could pick out early warning signs of heart conditions out of somebody's Fitbit data? It turns out that you can. " Yes, in the future everyone will wear a smartwatch: https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/in-the-future-everyo...

Why wear a smartwatch when we might be able to embed more accurate, useful sensors instead given advances in communication and battery technology?

Re: The Emerging Field of Health Data Science in Boston

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Post by aheilbut » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 4:44 PM UTC

melling wrote: post #6

"What if you could pick out early warning signs of heart conditions out of somebody's Fitbit data? It turns out that you can. " Yes, in the future everyone will wear a smartwatch: https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/in-the-future-everyo...

What if you could pick out early warning signs of heart conditions just by looking at somebody and observing that they are overweight? It turns out that you can.

Re: The Emerging Field of Health Data Science in Boston

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Post by melling » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 5:01 PM UTC

aheilbut wrote: post #9

melling wrote: post #6

"What if you could pick out early warning signs of heart conditions out of somebody's Fitbit data? It turns out that you can. " Yes, in the future everyone will wear a smartwatch: https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/in-the-future-everyo...

What if you could pick out early warning signs of heart conditions just by looking at somebody and observing that they are overweight? It turns out that you can.

So, you're arguing that measuring other data points doesn't add value? Just look at someone and if they are overweight that's enough of a data point?