Detroit is getting health conscious and is on the way to develop technology that will monitor glucose levels, offer severe allergy alerts and maintain medical data which are there at the touch of a button inside your car. Ford Motor Company with their SYNC technology is on the way.
This week, Ford researchers displayed a series of potential in-car health and wellness associated services and applications targeted to help people with chronic ailments or medical disorders such as diabetes, asthma or allergies monitor their condition while on the move. They will collaborate with industry leaders in every sector to produce the best of health technologies to the public.
Working with Medtronic, a prominent manufacturer of glucose tracking devices, Ford researchers have produced a prototype system that enables Ford SYNC to connect through Bluetooth to a Medtronic continuous glucose tracking tool and get glucose levels and trends through audio and a center stack manifesting system and offer secondary alerts if levels are too low.
If the claim of the American Diabetes Association is to be believed, nearly 26 million adults and children are presently effected with diabetes in the U.S., three million plus more than there were four years ago.
Jody Fisher, vice president of Marketing for SDI comments: "Our developers initially created the iPhone app to provide users with greater access to the information they've come to rely on from pollen.com. Having instant, portable access for their conditions helps users plan their day or week ahead so they can remain active, which ultimately improves their quality of life. Collaborating with Ford is the perfect extension of this objective. We are happy to support Ford's initiative of connecting drivers with resources and services important to their health and wellness."
The consumer demand to know about one's health while on the move also continues to rise, increasing the growing number of mobile healthcare devices and health- and fitness-based software and smart phone applications available in the market today.
