‘HealthPatch’ biosensor coming soon to consumer products shows what’s possible for Healthbook hardwa

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http://9to5mac.com/2014/03/21/healthpatch-biosensor-coming-soon-to-consumer-products-shows-whats-possible-for-healthbook-hardware/#more-315934

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Vital Connect, a company working on innovative biomedical and sensor technology, is today officially launching a small biosensor capable of tracking biometric measurements that would normally require a number of larger, clunky accessories or professional medical equipment. You might remember Vital Connect from our report in January when the company’s VP of research and development was scooped up by Apple, likely to work on the company’s highly anticipated iWatch project and health & fitness focused features planned for iOS 8. HealthPatch is already being used by select partners in the medical space, but we’ve learned it’s about to become a reality for everyday iPhone users as consumer products using the tech launch over the next couple of months.

HealthPatch, which is meant to be worn on the chest as a nearly invisible solution under clothing, is capable of tracking a long list of medical and fitness related data points. The core health metrelated products, but also that a sensor like Health Patch could provide much of the data needed for an app like Healthbook. On top of Vital Connect’s former R&D VP Ravi Narasimhan, Apple has also hired other Vital Connect employees including an algorithms architect Nima Ferdosi and biomedical engineer Alexander Chan.

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1. iBreathe and iPee are lame. They need to go inside - iScope.