CES 2019 – a hands-on experience with the latest innovations in healthcare

 

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The Digital Health Summit at CES 2019, the largest and most influential tech event in the world, is previewing impactful trends, next big things and innovations that are redefining the tech, medicine, healthcare, and wellness industries in 2019. This year, the Digital Health Summit is bravely going where no tech’s gone before. The new transformative tech is encompassing artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, sports, robotics and more.

Improving vulnerable people’s life, Domalys’ Aladin allows the elderly to remain independent longer by detecting early signs of illness and reducing falls. This may seem unnecessary, but each year, says domalys, 646 000 people die from consequences of a fall over the world. There are 37 million serious falls requiring medical intervention. Besides the medical gadgets, CES is also addressing mental illness and chronic disease.

Ullo debuts the Inner Garden – an immersive and meditative sensory experience that is designed to reduce anxiety. “Inner Garden happens to also be an ideal tool of relaxation for anyone, from staff, to professionals and relative carers. It is particularly suitable for the regulation of anxiety, in addition to cognitive and sensory stimulations,and emotional resources,“ say the creators of the product initially designed to raise awareness of mindfulness.

a hands-on experience with the latest innovations revolutionizing the healthcare segment
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Virtual Reality AI (Artificial Intelligence) therapist  – AI-Driven Health Solutions

VRHealth is unveiling in Las Vegas VR and AI Therapist to reduce hot flashes from chemotherapy and menopause. “VR can be an amazing replacement for opiates or any kind of nonnatural hormone, and eliminate their negative side effects.” Eran Orr, Founder and CEO of VRHealth, told Forbes.

In partnership with Oculus Go and Rift, VRHealth can be used for pain management for birthing mothers and cancer patients during chemotherapy. The VR technology has the power to alleviate patient anxiety before and after surgery.

Samsung Electronics is showcasing eight innovative new projects related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), developed from its C-Lab(Creative Lab) program. The new C-Lab projects include an auto-adjusting monitor ‘Girin Monitor Stand’, an AI desk light‘alight’, and a hearing assistant solution ‘SnailSound’.

An auto-adjusting monitor stand called Girin Monitor Stand ensures users have proper posture. The sensor embedded stand keeps tracking the user’s posture, especially neck and head, in real-time. When the user has a bad posture, it subtly moves the monitor which naturally trains users to assume better posture without noticing the change in monitor position. Users can correcttheir posture by repeating this pattern to avoid postural strain in the neck, back, and shoulders.

‘alight’ is an AI desk light which provides an optimal environment to increase concentration and provides lighting which isbeneficial for the health of users. It detects user actions through the embedded camera and automatically changes the light according to the situation such as study, relax and focus.

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Electronic Caregiver’s Addison Care; photo: addison.care/

Get the treatment or advice you need in no time.

Digital health continues to grow at an impressive pace offering new solutions for diagnosing, monitoring and treating illnesses and advancements in health care delivery. One of the industry’s boldest moves forward in digital health is propelling the patient to the epicenter of health care. The online pharmacy are now offering convenient access to medicines with a personal and discreet service. The Independent Pharmacy allows people to get the treatment they need, when they needed it. The medical experts have years of industry experience to allow them to safely provide medicines online through a a specialist website.

CES 2019 is also taking a close look at the true potential of remote-care programs. In today’s health care environment, critical patient assessments are made within short appointment-based interactions with physicians. The next decade, says CES Digital Summit experts, is tearing down these walls as patient-generated health data (PGHD) collected from tech resources are allowing for comprehensive and continuous patient care programs.

pria at home
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Have you ever meet a robot?

In the near future, personal robotic assistants like Temi will be the ultimate way to consume content and services, including medical services. The PRIA by Black+Decker is an automated medication management and home health assistant. It not only reminds the individual of medication schedules, but can actually dispense the proper dose. In addition, PRIA tracks caregiver visits and other events, offers nutritional information and enables the individual to easily connect to family or caregivers. Electronic Caregiver’s Addison Care is named after its ambient augmented reality virtual caregiver, Addison. She’s a 3D animated caregiver designed to engage aging and chronically ill clients throughout the home to supplement their care and to provide various health and safety features.

The world’s most luxurious full-body shiatsu massage chair also debuts at CES 2019. Offering complete relaxation at home or in the office, the DreamWave M.8 shiatsu massage chair incorporates rear-swinging doors to deliver a new level of convenience in massage chairs.

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photo: Welt smart healthcare belt

Fitness trackers, smartwatches and other wearables will be fitness trend number one in 2019.

One of the most natural wearable for healthcare is a …smart belt. Welt smart healthcare belt keeps track of the users’ overall health by measuring waist size, steps taken, sitting time, and overeating habits with the tracking technology. Welt is the first health tracker that is belt wearable for everyday use. TempTraq Continuous Temperature Monitoring Patch is the only wearable wireless temperature monitor patch for babies that continuously monitors and records body temperature and sends alerts. CES Health section is also the stage for the launch of a remote intimacy App for Apple Watch. Sexual health innovator OhMiBod also announces an OhMiBod skill for Amazon’s echo devices.

 

The improved fitness trackers are now measuring more biologic measurements and are able to  track your overall health. Those with multiple conditions will identify risk factors before they escalate. How well these innovations work in the real world? The future of healthcare will be much more technical and, certainly, will include smart wearable or implanted devices.  The digital care companion will develop personal relationships with users and will accompany a patient at every point on their care journey.

temi the personal robot
temi the personal robot; photo: robotemi
domalys alladin lamp
domalys alladin lamp; photo: domalys
Ullo Inner Garden
photo: Ullo Inner Garden;

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InterContinental introduces AI Smart Rooms. Where it’s going next

 

Connected Room came to life. The application of AI has gone beyond smart homes and automatic driving, and now marks a new milestone in the hospitality industry.

Hospitality companies have an exciting challenge to find new ways to offer guests the control, connectivity and personalization they increasingly want when they’re on the road. Hilton has answered the call with its Connected Room platform, which is rooted in the unique needs of each guest.

IHG smart rooms
IHG smart rooms; photos: ihgplc.com

InterContinental Hotel Group hopes its new Smart Rooms, which are powered by artificial intelligence, will improve the customer hotel experience in China’s hospitality industry. From now on, guests staying at InterContinental Beijing Sanlitun and InterContinental Guangzhou Exhibition Centre will be amongst the first to enjoy the AI Smart Rooms. A total of 100 AI powered Club InterContinental suites will be available at InterContinental hotels in gateway cities and key destinations across China within the year.

IHG and Baidu inked a strategic partnership on AI development last November. Since then, the hospitality industry has witnessed a new wave of exploration in this field.

Customised for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, the AI solution is developed by Baidu’s DuerOS Platform. It integrates AI technology with hotel operations, and this is supported by hardware upgrade and cloud service.

Unlike traditional guest rooms, the newly launched AI Smart Room will fully embrace voice control technology to deliver a more natural human-computer interactive experience. For instance, guests will be able to freely switch settings between work and leisure modes, and enjoy a more convenient and seamless room service experience. This solution will also further fine-tune the current backstage management system, including customising information and resetting devices, making hotel management a simpler task.

“Millennials are particularly sensitive to technology, often seeking new things to try. The AI Smart Room will undoubtedly be extremely attractive for them, paving the way for a new level of modernisation and consumer satisfaction,” commented Lin Wang, Vice President of Marketing, IHG Greater China.

Guests in a Connected Room can:

Click on “favorites” – and their preferred viewing channels and streaming apps will appear first in the Hilton Honors app.

Set their preferred temperature, so when they return to their room they’re not too cold or hot.

Access their favorite streaming media brands from their in-room TV to continue watching the show or movie they were streaming before their trip, for example. Through IHG’s industry-first relationship with SHOWTIME, guests don’t need any credentials to stream hundreds of hours of shows and movies.

InterContinental Century City Chengdu
IHG smart rooms; photos: ihgplc.com

How does Connected Room technology influence future innovations?

“Hilton began beta testing Connected Room in 2017 and it will evolve throughout its rollout, announced Josh Weiss, Vice President of Brand and Guest Technology at Hilton.

“Because it is a platform, much like with an Apple or Android mobile device, we can push new features, apps, and functionality to existing devices over time without the need to deploy additional hardware. For guests, this means that in the longer term they’ll be able to do things such as upload their photos and art to display digitally in the room, or connect to new devices. They’ll also be able to enjoy new features much faster than we could roll out these capabilities today. They may also be able to use voice commands to control their room’s features or to access their content,” added Weiss.

“There’s a benefit to Hilton franchise owners too, who sometimes face challenges implementing new technology due to high costs and operational challenges. Connected Room will make it easier for them to keep pace with the rapid change in technology and easily integrate new innovations seamlessly into the guest experience.”