The future of wearable medical devices

Microwave Engineering (Europe) had an interesting article on the convergence of portable consumer electronics (smartphones, smart watches and fitness devices) with that of professional medical equipment such as pulse oximetry, ECG and Glucose meters as well as ultrasound scanners and kidney diagnostics, is increasingly blurring the lines between equipment designed for practitioners and devices used by consumers.

Your average smartphone now has more processing power than the supercomputers used by NASA circa 1969 when it sent three astronauts to the moon. It's no surprise then, that there has been a growing surge in recent years of start-ups specifically developing peripheral devices to monitor intimate details of one's physical condition.

More here:  http://www.microwave-eetimes.com/design-center/future-wearable-medical-devices?news_id=83158