7 Health Technology trends distilled from this years consumer electronics show CES 2017. Everything from Sleep to Mental Wellbeing to Beauty. A lot of exciting technology but what does it really mean for healthcare?

1. 7 #HealthTech Trends
from #CES 2017

2. This presentation distils some of the technology & gadgets on
show at CES 2017 into 7 distinct Health Tech Trends.
While none of these are new to CES at least compared to the
previous 2 years I have visited, they are growing rapidly and
have potential to impact the health sector

3. The 7 Tech Trends
1. Sleep
2. FemTech
3. Mental Wellbeing
4. Helpful Robots
5. Self Management
6. Evolving Wearables
7. Beauty

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1. Sleep

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1. Sleep
A cat pic and the topic of sleep, pretty boring start to a
Slideshare yeah? Well if you are falling asleep while reading
this I won’t take it personally. According to the largest ever
consumer study released at CES there is a 79% chance you
are sleep deprived so that’s most likely the reason.

6. SleepScore Labs reported some of the following eye opening
facts from over 1.5 million nights of good old American sleep
• Those 79% I mentioned get less than the recommended 7
hours sleep
• Men average 5hr 45m & women 6hr 9m per night
• 30 mins of exercise can increase sleep time by 14 mins
• The right mattress can give you another 20 mins
More study results & an infographic

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Image via Sleepnumber.com
The Sleep Number Smart Bed
Sleep Number have an award winning solution for that sleep
deprivation you probably have. Their bed adapts to you and
your partners needs to ensure maximum comfort. It even
warms your toes to help you fall asleep and raises your side of
the bed if you start to snore (the positional therapy helps you
and your partner)

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The 2Breathe Sleep Inducer
If you don’t fancy buying that bed or the toe warming thing isn’t
getting you off to the land of nod rapidly enough then here is
another solution
The 2 Breathe device syncs up your breath via the belly band to
some chill music, gradually slowing it down until the Sandman
pays you a visit
Photo credit: cnet.com / Josh Miller

9. 2. FemTech

10. 2. FemTech
Technology aimed at females is increasing rapidly and CES was
no exception. A number of solutions related to fertility,
pregnancy and child care. The market is skyrocketing
particularly around fertility with the huge costs of medical
treatment. See the next examples.

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Willow Pump
Willow is a wearable breast pump that lives unobtrusively in a
bra and can collect milk all day with minimal hassle. An app
even records how much milk has been collected
Image via willowpump.com

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Bloomlife Contraction Tracker
Bloomlife have created a ‘smart’ tracker to measure a pregnant
woman’s contractions, monitor these over time and display on
an app

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Ava Fertility Bracelet
Ava is a fertility bracelet that claims to be clinically proven in
predicting the beginning of a woman’s ‘fertility window’ As well
as giving insights into her cycle it also tracks various wellbeing
indicators such as stress
Images via avawomen.com

14. 3. Mental Wellbeing

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Doppel Mood Wearable
What is the point being told you are in a shitty mood. You or
someone close to you probably had that figured out. The
Doppel claims to automatically alter your mood for the better
before that happens. It works by emitting a pulse like rhythm
that signals your brain to become more calm or alert depending
on your momentary preference

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Hyundai Health & Mobility Cockpit
Instead of a wearable how about leaving your ’mood
optimization’ to your car. The idea is similar to the Doppel
wearable. It detects passengers’ (and driver’s particularly)
mood and intervenes. If it senses high stress levels it calms the
driver or a lack of concentration it provides an ‘alert burst’ It
uses a bunch of environmental factors such as sounds,
temperature, aromas & (mood?) lighting to do this
Photo credit: Carscoops.com

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LifeQ and medibio partnership
And in terms of the longer term, this partnership based platform
brings together data from wrist worn wearables and delivers
insights to consumers to help manage their stress on an
ongoing basis. The platform uses an algorithm that can
interpret movement and behavioral data from ’traditional’ fitness
wearables to assess mental health.

18. 4. Helpful Robots

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Helpful Robots
An array of robots were on display and interacting at CES.
Pepper whom I met at SXSW 2016 is marketed as a human
helper, not specifically for health but there is a big potential for
home care and ‘robotic-assisted-living’ The Lynx robot has full
Amazon Alexa integration so can easily be commanded.
Pictured Kuri from Mayfield Robotics

20. 5. Self Management

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RAPAEL Smart Glove
The Rapael glove allows patients to rehabilitate themselves
from wrist or hand injuries. Accompanying technology and
games combine efficacy and entertainment. This is indicative of
the movement towards greater patient self management in the
home.
Photo credit: UPI.com / Molly Riley

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Qardio Wearable ECG Monitor
ECGs used to be under the strict purview of the doctor. It was
cumbersome for a patient to be fitted with a tape, lots of sticky
pads and the data usually collected in a short range i.e. 24hrs to
7 days. This device gives the power to the patient, an easy to
wear ECG device that needs no sticky electrodes, data can be
collected at will and shared with a physician

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DIABNEXT®
Artificial intelligence meets diabetes. Data around insulin
injections, oral therapy, meals & diet, blood insulin levels and
even genetic profiling can be combined to give a holistic view of
the patient. This data can be used to deliver predictions and
insights.

24. 6. Evolving Wearables

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Motiv Ring Tracker
A ring as a fitness tracker may not be a new concept but Motiv
have bundled the sensors you would find on a typical wrist
tracker into this smart little device, including optical heart rate
tracking.
Photo credit: Techcrunch.com

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United FitBits
United Healthcare are offering a FitBit charge as part of an
incentivized employee wellness program. Ok they are not the
first to incentivize wellness (I’m thinking Oscar and Walgreens
balance rewards) but it is another example of the trend towards
giving people the tools and motivation to stay well.

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ness
Virtual Exercise
VirZOOM combine Virtual Reality with FitBits and a traditional
exercise bike. Why go to the gym when you can go anywhere
in the universe. The Fitbit measures and the VR motivates.
This is an increasing trend of technologies and devices merging
and becoming more integrated.
Photo credit: Techcrunch.com

28. 7. Beauty

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Hairmax LaserBand
The Hairmax LaserBand claims to stimulate those hair follicles
into regrowth mode via lasers. Yet another example of the clinic
being brought to the consumer.
Photo credit: TheSun.co.uk

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Hi there hot stuff
Moving down from your hair the Hi Mirror analyses your skins
condition for blemishes, spots and wrinkles and even gives you
a score. Ouch! This is tracked over time and the impact of any
‘interventions’ such as skin care regimens or beauty treatments
can be objectively measured
Photo credit: TheSun.co.uk

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The first AI toothbrush
It may seem like technology overkill and this did make it pretty
high up on some of the ‘ridiculous lists’ of CES 2017 Tech. The
smart brush gives adults insights into how there are brushing
their teeth, time spent, focus areas and over brushing that may
lead to gum recession. Is this a pointless use of technology or
an indication that literally everything we use will have sensors
that can give us data driven insights and optimize seemingly
trivial aspects of our lives?

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Quantified Hair
This beauty product, spawned by L'Oréal and Withings
attracted much derision and ridicule online. (More than the
toothbrush) Basically it measures how you brush your hair and
helps you optimize brushing as well as sensors to measure hair
health. Regardless of whether this particular product turns out
to be a dud or not there is no denying the combination of beauty
+ technology is growing exponentially
Photo credit: AP /John Locher

33. So 7 areas, lots of shiny gadgets, some will doubtless end up
being recycled within 6-12 months. Importantly we are seeing
wearables for various different parts of the body and an increase
in off body sensors with greater integration between devices and
use of the data and machine learning to give us insights. I
predict these trends will increase as individual products and use
cases live or die.

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