Google has recently unveiled its newest technology offering, a wristband that will monitor health. But before fans of the software giant will clamor for the wristband, it is only specific for doctors, CNet reported. Google's latest technology offer will help doctors to prevent diseases. The newly unveiled technology will collect vital information for medical professionals. The sensor packed wristband will measure pulse, heart rhythm, and skin temperature and things like light exposure and noise levels.
The state-of-the-art development was Google X's newest baby, an experimental research arm of the search engine giant's arm. It will be powered by Google's Android Wear software. However, the newly developed technology is geared to target not the public consumers but to the patients who will go clinical trials and drug tests. The data that will be gathered will and be used by medical professionals and researchers to study. Google's building logic on the technology is for doctors to get complete picture of patient's activity as it relates to their wellbeing, even if they don't visit the facility often.
Andy Conrad, Google's head on its life science team, hopes that the technology will unlock the new class of continuous, medical grade information that will help health professionals to easily understand the patterns and manage serious health conditions.
Time also reported Google and many other technological companies that have embarked on the consumer-grade fitness tracking wristbands in the past few years, but this is the first time where a health tracking band is released specifically to health professionals.
However, this is not the first time for the software giant to make a step on these types of projects. Google X's first adventure into the medical devices is with a smart contact lens that could help diabetic patients to monitor glucose levels. Also, Google has acquired Lift Labs, a startup company who are into developing motored spoon for people who are suffering from tremors.
