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"Jawbone Health is at the forefront of revolutionizing primary care for millions of patients worldwide. Combining more than 20 years of proprietary wearable tec
by iamleppert 9y ago
"Jawbone Health is at the forefront of revolutionizing primary care for millions of patients worldwide. Combining more than 20 years of proprietary wearable technology with clinically relevant signals, Jawbone Health connects patients and physicians like never before with continuous, data-driven dialogue."
How exactly is a company that just started from the ashes of a glorified bluetooth speaker company revolutionizing primary care medicine? It really bothers me when snake oil tech CEO's spout this kind of rubbish.
- charlieflowers 9y agoRight? I found myself wondering what the wearable technology of 20 years ago really was. A skinny, awkward teen with a 50 pound CRT TV strapped to his back?
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- icebraining 9y agoTwenty years ago we already had PDAs and palmtops. The Atari Portfolio is from '89, and fits in a pocket. That tech was used to create wrist-mounted computers: http://edgarmatias.com/papers/chi96/ http://edgarmatias.com/papers/chi96/ Most weren't commercially viable, but the tech has been around for a long time.