The Second Apocalypse

Miscellaneous Chatter => The Forum of Interesting Things => Topic started by: Madness on February 21, 2018, 02:18:14 am

Title: Google is using data points to predict the medical of hospital admissions
Post by: Madness on February 21, 2018, 02:18:14 am

Google is using 46 billion data points to predict the medical outcomes of hospital patients (https://qz.com/1189730/google-is-using-46-billion-data-points-to-predict-the-medical-outcomes-of-hospital-patients/)

Reminds me of this (https://www.wired.com/2017/01/wearables-know-youre-sick/) and kind of this (https://blog.fitbit.com/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting/) and this (https://www.fitabase.com/research-library/).

Title: Re: Google is using data points to predict the medical of hospital admissions
Post by: Madness on February 21, 2018, 02:39:25 am

And this (https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/07/the-apple-watch-can-detect-diabetes-with-an-85-accuracy-cardiogram-study-says/).

Lauding "big data" over smartwatches, for what it's worth.