Update: This story has been revised from an earlier version
The developers behind Neutun, a company that is developing a way for smartwatch sensors to help people with epilepsy track their seizures, are working on a new smartstrap application called Zen Sync. The group hacked a Pebblewatch strap, using sensors to help physicians do remote monitoring to improve pre-natal care in developing countries at the Hack the North conference over the weekend.
In 2013, 289,000 women died in connection with their pregnancy and childbirth. Nearly all of them were in impoverished countries with limited resources, and most could have been prevented, according to the World Health Organization’s website.
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Led by Eric Dolan, the smart strap is designed to monitor the health of pregnant women by looking at things like stress, their vitals and their overall health. It uses sensors on the strap to track sweat, body temperature, and heart rate. It also includes a back-end Web app so doctors can log-in and track their patients remotely. Doctors receive the information in real time, according to the pitch below.
Update The developers behind ZenSync hope to collaborate with Facebook’s Internet.org — an initiative to make the Internet accessible to people in developing and impoverished countries. An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that it was a done deal. Although Dolan and his team have pitched their smartwatch strap to representatives from Facebook, it remains to be seen whether the two groups will work together to advance the technology.
Through the Internet.org program, which was launched one year ago, developers can access an Innovation Lab to help them understand how their apps will work in different parts of the world. The lab creates an elaborate test environment that can mimic different network conditions. The goal is to give developers a way to ensure their apps will run even in remote areas.
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