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Wonder if Jobs was involved in this stuff before he died. One of the reasons that pancreatic cancer is so serious is that it tends not to manifest itself until
by chrisdevereux 12y ago
Wonder if Jobs was involved in this stuff before he died. One of the reasons that pancreatic cancer is so serious is that it tends not to manifest itself until it's too late to treat.
This fact, and the scope for devices that provide early warnings about serious health issues but that integrate well into the user's life (something Apple have traditionally been good at), is something he'd likely have been thinking about.
(Disclaimer: Totally uninformed speculation)
- 3am 12y agoNot particular relevant, but Jobs had a particularly early diagnosis (edit: and one of the few treatable forms of pancreatic cancer) but ignored his doctors recommendations for almost a year. It is very likely this cost him his life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Health_issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Health_issues (I doubt this is related to the business initiative, it's probably the fragmented market and fat margins in medical devices)
- brianwawok 12y agoHe was literally killed by fruit.
- tomelders 12y agoI had a similar thought the other day. Taking into account the stories about his character, I could easily imagine him looking around in the hospital and decreeing every bit of hardware and software to be a "peice of shit" (excuse the language, I'm paraphrasing). Add to that his own personal experience with his health, it would be hard to imagine Mr Jobs resisting the urge to put Apple's talent to the task.
- mmcconnell1618 12y agoThe "Steve Jobs" biography by Walter Isaacson specifically mentioned that Steve spent a good portion of his time in the hospital designing superior interfaces for the medical devices that surrounded him.
- tomelders 12y agoWell that answers that then.
- allsystemsgo 12y agoMaybe I'm wrong but it wasn't so much designing as it was complaining about the design of various devices around him. I remember something about a face mask and the pulse reader on his finger. I'm not sure though. It came off as he was being a bit difficult rather than offering up design suggestions.
- Someone 12y agoMany people think health is where the money will be or already is. The population ages, we are getting richer, cannot really eat more, don't seem to want to work much less, so we don't have more time for holidays, and health, for many, is priority #1. So that's where the money will go.