"Smart Aging" combines two aspects of the Internet of Things, Quantified Self devices to record your health and fitness data and smart home technologies, specifically to allow seniors to "age in place" and improve their health, while simultaneously reducing their living costs.
My presentation to the 2015 IoT Global Summit about keeping seniors healthier and happier, in their homes, through a combination of Internet of Things devices
Please cite as: Kamel Boulos MN. Creating self-aware and smart healthy cities. Invited plenary keynote address followed by sub-plenary round table at WHO 2014 International Healthy Cities Conference, Athens, Greece, 25 October 2014. http://www.healthycities2014.org/ehome/89657/192014/?&
PPT updated in May 2015.
Oct 2017: See also https://www.slideshare.net/sl.medic/how-the-internet-of-things-and-people-can-help-improve-our-health-wellbeing-and-quality-of-life
Digitas Health LifeBrands took a trip to The Lone Star state and immersed ourselves in all things South by Southwest (SxSW).
The days went by fast and furious as we were pulled into speed sessions, meet-ups, brainstorms, demonstrations, hack-a-thons, pitches, accelerators, and a myriad of other Austin-style opportunities.
The next few slides are our attempt to bring some of these learnings home with an emphasis on why the message is relevant to healthcare marketers. Enjoy!
Wearables are said to be the next computing frontier. However, the smart wristbands and other wearables of today are beset with lack of functionality beyond step counting.
This presentation takes us into the future of wearable technology which will enables us to monitor our health, administer medication on-the-go, and potentially transforme today's health care systems.
Health: to insure or to ensure? Welcome in the new normalKoen Vingerhoets
Slideset about health and how it affects our culture. With the increasing pace of change, new business models emerge. They're supported by new technological evolutions (healthtech), enabling new companies to challenge incumbent insurance companies.
My presentation to the 2015 IoT Global Summit about keeping seniors healthier and happier, in their homes, through a combination of Internet of Things devices
Please cite as: Kamel Boulos MN. Creating self-aware and smart healthy cities. Invited plenary keynote address followed by sub-plenary round table at WHO 2014 International Healthy Cities Conference, Athens, Greece, 25 October 2014. http://www.healthycities2014.org/ehome/89657/192014/?&
PPT updated in May 2015.
Oct 2017: See also https://www.slideshare.net/sl.medic/how-the-internet-of-things-and-people-can-help-improve-our-health-wellbeing-and-quality-of-life
Digitas Health LifeBrands took a trip to The Lone Star state and immersed ourselves in all things South by Southwest (SxSW).
The days went by fast and furious as we were pulled into speed sessions, meet-ups, brainstorms, demonstrations, hack-a-thons, pitches, accelerators, and a myriad of other Austin-style opportunities.
The next few slides are our attempt to bring some of these learnings home with an emphasis on why the message is relevant to healthcare marketers. Enjoy!
Wearables are said to be the next computing frontier. However, the smart wristbands and other wearables of today are beset with lack of functionality beyond step counting.
This presentation takes us into the future of wearable technology which will enables us to monitor our health, administer medication on-the-go, and potentially transforme today's health care systems.
Health: to insure or to ensure? Welcome in the new normalKoen Vingerhoets
Slideset about health and how it affects our culture. With the increasing pace of change, new business models emerge. They're supported by new technological evolutions (healthtech), enabling new companies to challenge incumbent insurance companies.
The Industrial strategy challenge fund: healthy ageing consortia workshop was held in Birmingham on the 2 may 2018.
The £98 million ‘healthy ageing programme’ will drive the development of new products and services which will help people to live in their homes for longer, tackle loneliness, and increase independence and wellbeing.
Unexpected: Five Ways Technology Will Challenge ConventionsCognizant
A journey into the advanced technologies and changing business models that will radically alter the ways in which we live and work, today and tomorrow.
Held on the 26 april in exeter.
Slides are from the consortia workshop for the Healthy ageing grand challenge fund, as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Mark Scrimshire (ekivemark) HIMSS 2012 presentation from the "Leading From the Future" education stream in Las Vegas, February 2012. Empowering Health Care Engagement. Break the Glass Wall in Health Care, Sensors and Designing for Engagement.
Lifelogging - A long term data analytics challengeCathal Gurrin
A talk delivered at the DBTA workshop on Lifelogging and Long-term Digital Preservation in Lugano, November 2015. The talk introduces lifelogging and the concept of the digital self. It highlights some potential advantages of lifelogging and suggests the technologies that we need to develop (or have developed) to realise these advantages. Finally it concludes with some insights based on my nine years of practitioner experience.
Booz Allen Hamilton created the Field Guide to Data Science to help organizations and missions understand how to make use of data as a resource. The Second Edition of the Field Guide, updated with new features and content, delivers our latest insights in a fast-changing field. http://bit.ly/1O78U42
Quantified Self Ideology: Personal Data becomes Big DataMelanie Swan
A key contemporary trend emerging in big data science is the quantified self: individuals engaged in the deliberate self-tracking of any kind of biological, physical, behavioral, or transactional information, as n=1 individuals or in groups. The quantified self is one dimension of the bigger trend to integrate and apply a variety of personal information streams including big health data (genome, transcriptome, environmentome, diseasome), quantified self data streams (biosensor, fitness, sleep, food, mood, heart rate, glucose tracking, etc.), traditional data streams (personal and family health history, prescription history) and IOT (Internet of things) activity data streams (smart home, smart car, environmental sensors, community data). This talk looks at how personal data and group data are becoming big data as individuals and communities share, collaborate, and work with large personalized data sets using novel discovery methods such as anomaly detection and exception reporting, longitudinal baseline analysis, episodic triggers, and hierarchical machine learning.
SiDE Presentation by Prof. Paul Watson of Newcastle UniversityAlex Kavanagh
This is a presentation given by Professor Paul Watson of Newcastle University about the digital inclusion project SiDE (http://www.side.ac.uk) that was given at SuperMondays SuperAgeing on Tuesday 31st August 2010 at the Culture Labs at Newcastle University, UK
A key contemporary trend emerging in big data science is the Quantified Self (QS) - individuals engaged in the deliberate self-tracking of any kind of biological, physical, behavioral, or transactional information as n=1 individuals or in groups. This is giving rise to interesting pools of individual data, group data, and big data which can be interlinked to create a new era of highly-targeted value-specific consumer applications. There are significant opportunities in big data to develop models to support QS data collection, integration, analysis, and use for personal lifestyle and consumption management. There are also opportunities to provide leadership in designing consumer-friendly standards and etiquette regarding the use of personal and collective data. Next-generation QS big data applications and services could include tools for rendering QS data meaningful in behavior change, establishing baselines and variability in objective metrics, applying new kinds of pattern recognition techniques, and aggregating multiple self-tracking data streams from wearable electronics, biosensors, mobile phones, genomic data, and cloud-based services. Potential limitations regarding QS activity need to be considered including consumer non-adoption, data privacy and sharing concerns, the digital divide, ease-of-use, and social acceptance.
Amazing Breakthrough Technologies That Can Potentially Change the WorldMarie Weaver
A breakthrough is not actually breaking through something and coming out with something never seen or imagined. A breakthrough is the byproduct of multiple innovations combined into one big evolution. Evolution in any medium of our lives takes place when multiple small innovations, experiments, and discoveries combined together to create a new, never before seen feature or a product that leverages our existing lives.
My presentation @ the Wearables + Things conference about "Smart Aging," my paradigm shift about improving the quality of seniors' lives and reducing the cost by combining Quantified Self health devices and smart home devices.
The Industrial strategy challenge fund: healthy ageing consortia workshop was held in Birmingham on the 2 may 2018.
The £98 million ‘healthy ageing programme’ will drive the development of new products and services which will help people to live in their homes for longer, tackle loneliness, and increase independence and wellbeing.
Unexpected: Five Ways Technology Will Challenge ConventionsCognizant
A journey into the advanced technologies and changing business models that will radically alter the ways in which we live and work, today and tomorrow.
Held on the 26 april in exeter.
Slides are from the consortia workshop for the Healthy ageing grand challenge fund, as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Mark Scrimshire (ekivemark) HIMSS 2012 presentation from the "Leading From the Future" education stream in Las Vegas, February 2012. Empowering Health Care Engagement. Break the Glass Wall in Health Care, Sensors and Designing for Engagement.
Lifelogging - A long term data analytics challengeCathal Gurrin
A talk delivered at the DBTA workshop on Lifelogging and Long-term Digital Preservation in Lugano, November 2015. The talk introduces lifelogging and the concept of the digital self. It highlights some potential advantages of lifelogging and suggests the technologies that we need to develop (or have developed) to realise these advantages. Finally it concludes with some insights based on my nine years of practitioner experience.
Booz Allen Hamilton created the Field Guide to Data Science to help organizations and missions understand how to make use of data as a resource. The Second Edition of the Field Guide, updated with new features and content, delivers our latest insights in a fast-changing field. http://bit.ly/1O78U42
Quantified Self Ideology: Personal Data becomes Big DataMelanie Swan
A key contemporary trend emerging in big data science is the quantified self: individuals engaged in the deliberate self-tracking of any kind of biological, physical, behavioral, or transactional information, as n=1 individuals or in groups. The quantified self is one dimension of the bigger trend to integrate and apply a variety of personal information streams including big health data (genome, transcriptome, environmentome, diseasome), quantified self data streams (biosensor, fitness, sleep, food, mood, heart rate, glucose tracking, etc.), traditional data streams (personal and family health history, prescription history) and IOT (Internet of things) activity data streams (smart home, smart car, environmental sensors, community data). This talk looks at how personal data and group data are becoming big data as individuals and communities share, collaborate, and work with large personalized data sets using novel discovery methods such as anomaly detection and exception reporting, longitudinal baseline analysis, episodic triggers, and hierarchical machine learning.
SiDE Presentation by Prof. Paul Watson of Newcastle UniversityAlex Kavanagh
This is a presentation given by Professor Paul Watson of Newcastle University about the digital inclusion project SiDE (http://www.side.ac.uk) that was given at SuperMondays SuperAgeing on Tuesday 31st August 2010 at the Culture Labs at Newcastle University, UK
A key contemporary trend emerging in big data science is the Quantified Self (QS) - individuals engaged in the deliberate self-tracking of any kind of biological, physical, behavioral, or transactional information as n=1 individuals or in groups. This is giving rise to interesting pools of individual data, group data, and big data which can be interlinked to create a new era of highly-targeted value-specific consumer applications. There are significant opportunities in big data to develop models to support QS data collection, integration, analysis, and use for personal lifestyle and consumption management. There are also opportunities to provide leadership in designing consumer-friendly standards and etiquette regarding the use of personal and collective data. Next-generation QS big data applications and services could include tools for rendering QS data meaningful in behavior change, establishing baselines and variability in objective metrics, applying new kinds of pattern recognition techniques, and aggregating multiple self-tracking data streams from wearable electronics, biosensors, mobile phones, genomic data, and cloud-based services. Potential limitations regarding QS activity need to be considered including consumer non-adoption, data privacy and sharing concerns, the digital divide, ease-of-use, and social acceptance.
Amazing Breakthrough Technologies That Can Potentially Change the WorldMarie Weaver
A breakthrough is not actually breaking through something and coming out with something never seen or imagined. A breakthrough is the byproduct of multiple innovations combined into one big evolution. Evolution in any medium of our lives takes place when multiple small innovations, experiments, and discoveries combined together to create a new, never before seen feature or a product that leverages our existing lives.
My presentation @ the Wearables + Things conference about "Smart Aging," my paradigm shift about improving the quality of seniors' lives and reducing the cost by combining Quantified Self health devices and smart home devices.
Baby boomers guide to living a long and prosperous and healthy life. Inside this eBook, you will discover the topics about the truth about aging, a proper diet for baby boomers, how to avoid Alzheimer’s, the importance of being physically fit, learn how to get physically fit and stay that way, managing your money, lifestyle changes that can affect you positively, a to-do list for all baby boomers, how to get rid of that pesky sugar in your diet and so much more!
When developing products, don't forget this one generation. The number of elderly population is increasing each year, people are living longer, healthcare costs are increasing, yet Medicare spending is down.
Learn why its important to develop products for this generation.
BA and Beyond 20 - Liz Calder - We can, but should we? Modern ethics and the BA.BA and Beyond
Do you believe you behave ethically at work?
Have you even thought about it?
The world we live in has moved from a physical realm to one where we now live partly digitally. It is growing organically, with every bright idea leading to a thousand new opportunities. But who decides what is the right thing to do in this new world? Well, we do! The Business Analysts and the teams that create it.
So far the results have been patchy. There are some great forces for good and some dangerous abuses of new technologies.
Spark Digital: Digital distractions by Gary WebbSpark Digital
Digital Distractions - how to get back in control.
New technologies promise to make us more productive, but also make us feel overloaded, overworked and overcommitted. Here’s how to moderate the distractions to take greater control of our lives.
CareNovate Magazine 2015 winter issue rich tips and resources on hiring a caregiver, wearable technologies insights features 4 XXinHealth enterprenuers. Book review by 10 year old on Dementia. Highlight on "app we love, Migraine Buddy". Bravo to FACE Africa.
Basic explanation of the rift between financial accounting vs. how we directly track those things in life that (health, trust, etc.). Introduces Intangible Assets and gives a hint of what's going on currently in this area.
Here at Ogilvy CommonHealth, we have made it our business to understand how the trend towards personalised health can best be harnessed to improve health outcomes.
There is no doubt that this route has the power to achieve positive health change, but why – and more importantly – how can this be best achieved?
Spark Digital: Digital distractions by Gary WebbNick Jeffrey
Digital Distractions: How to get back in Control.
New technologies promise to make us more productive, but also make us feel overloaded, overworked and overcommitted. Here’s how tomoderate the distractions to take greater control of our lives.
Observations and inspirations from the Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide team that attended SXSW Interactive 2015 in Austin. From digital health and wearables to predictive analytics and robots, our team saw it all. Here we present the trends we saw and key takeaways from select sessions.
The IoT Can Spark Total Management Revolution: the Circular CompanyW. David Stephenson
My address to PTC's LiveWorx '17 conference on how the IoT can spark a total management revolution, away from linear and hierarchical organization, to the "circular company," in which departments (and even trusted outsiders) collaborate in real-time around a shared IoT data base
Speech to first year graduate students at Babson College on the attitudinal shifts that will allow the IoT to transform business away from hierarchy to innovative circular organizations
My speech to the Hong Kong IoT Association about how instantly shared real-time IoT data can transform companies and allow highly efficient and creative circular organizations
A presentation I gave to the Boston/New England Internet of Things Meetup on June 17, 2013 about the overlooked human communications aspects of the IoT that must be dealt with if its full potential is to be realized! In particular, I argued we will need new management styles and thinking for an era in which every worker can have shared, real-time access to data that would help them do their jobs more effectively and make better decisions. Finally, I suggested we need a new kind of organizational chart -- Buckyball Management -- modeled on the buckyball molecule, in which there's no vertical hierarchy, but every person is a value-creating "node," capable of collaborating with every other person.
Presentation to National Academy of Science workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media. I argued that the citizen science model, in which volunteers contribute to substantive scientific research, is a great model for how to involve the general public in making accurate, actionable social media posts (Twitter, Twitvid, Facebook) that first responders can use to direct their efforts in a disaster.
My presentation to the XBRL 23 conference, in which I outlined my vision of the "One Report," in which companies would manage internal reporting on a real-time basis using XBRL Global Ledger, then seamlessly compile government & other external reports.
This summarizes my concept of a transformation in which data is only entered once (by government, businesses or the public), automatically tagged with metadata, and then flows, preferably on a real-time basis, to anyone who needs it (limited only by their roles), plus tools to use and interpret the data. The results will be new goods & services, transparency, and economical operations!
Making public true partners in H1N1 preparation & response through creative use of social media tools such as Twitter and wikis. My presentation for a 10/29/09 webinar also involving presos by Google, Microsoft & CDC.
Democratizing Data to transform gov., business & daily lifeW. David Stephenson
A speech to the Tableau Customer Conference 2009 based on the author's forthcoming "Democratizing Data" book, arguing that a combination of real-time structured data feeds and tools such as the Tableau visualization software can empower entire workforces, cut operating costs, encourage coooperation, and foster crowdsourcing.
My keynote @ the GOVIS conference in New Zealand, in which I outlined a comprehensive "democratizing data" strategy, its benefits given the current global economic/political crisis, & challenged New Zealand to take the world lead in making the concept a reality
My presentation to "Transparency Camp 09", about how to go beyond transparency to an integrated strategy based on "democratizing data" (structuring and syndicating it and providing social media analysis tools to share it). This integrated strategy will provide transparency, give workers the real-time information they need, reform government regulation, cut corporate paperwork, and crowdsource innovation. It may, or may not, cure the common cold under certain conditions.
my talk to 2/12/09 O'Reilly IgniteBoston, emphasizing that passage of economic stimulus package, combined with current economy, is perfect time to introduce data-centric "democratizing data" approach, giving workers, regulators, public, watchdogs real-time access to critical information! Video version: http://tinyurl.com/c9vkjy
speech delivered during height of US fiscal crisis (10/02/08) to the SustainCommWorld conference on data feeds and visualization as a means to improving management and achieving the "triple bottom line"
My presentation at Netroots Nation 2008. I challenge attendees to show that they're ready to capitalize on the power of Web 2.0 tools that will enable them to play a substantive role in government, specifically in the Obama campaign's public outreach project to draft the Democratic Platform. BEST VIEWED IN FULL SCREEN MODE TO READ THE SCRIPT
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
To Graph or Not to Graph Knowledge Graph Architectures and LLMs
Smart aging
1. “Smart Aging”
through the Internet of Things
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W. David Stephenson
Stephenson Strategies
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The Center at Medfield
July 9, 2014
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Before we get started, I wonder if I can get a show of hands to see how many of you use computers? How many of you have smart phones? Thanks.
Hello! I’m excited to talk with you today about a new concept, “Smart Aging,” that I believe has the potential to improve seniors’ health, reduce the cost of their health care, allow them to “age in place” in their own homes, and help both individuals and society deal with
the cost of aging.
1. It’s an idea that occurred to me recently when I was interviewed by the Boston Globe about the Internet of Things, which I’ll explain in detail later, and how it would affect seniors. During the interview I had an “aha moment!” I realized:
1. I love the Internet of Things and want it to be used to improve our lives
2. I have gray hair.
Suddenly, at age 69, I had a life’s mission: to use the IoT, as it’s also referred to, to improve the aging process. Hence, “Smart Aging!”
2. Something’s Gotta Give
It’s about time for Smart Aging, because, frankly, we, as individuals and a society, just can’t afford to live without it.
Consider a few overwhelming pieces of data:
• 10,000 baby boomers in the US now retire every day. Every day!
• There also ain’t gonna be enough doctors to care for us, either. In fact, 1st year medical school enrollment has declined since 1980. Even worse, current doctors are going from being part of the solution to being part of the problem: 250,000 of them are older than 55,
and they’ll also retire soon.
• The problem is global: by 2020, 1 in 9 people worldwide will be over 60.
Help!
3. Something’s Gotta Give
• 10,000 baby boomers retire daily.
It’s about time for Smart Aging, because, frankly, we, as individuals and a society, just can’t afford to live without it.
Consider a few overwhelming pieces of data:
• 10,000 baby boomers in the US now retire every day. Every day!
• There also ain’t gonna be enough doctors to care for us, either. In fact, 1st year medical school enrollment has declined since 1980. Even worse, current doctors are going from being part of the solution to being part of the problem: 250,000 of them are older than 55,
and they’ll also retire soon.
• The problem is global: by 2020, 1 in 9 people worldwide will be over 60.
Help!
4. Something’s Gotta Give
• 10,000 baby boomers retire daily.
• 1st year med school enrollment declined
since 1980. 250,000 docs older than 55.
It’s about time for Smart Aging, because, frankly, we, as individuals and a society, just can’t afford to live without it.
Consider a few overwhelming pieces of data:
• 10,000 baby boomers in the US now retire every day. Every day!
• There also ain’t gonna be enough doctors to care for us, either. In fact, 1st year medical school enrollment has declined since 1980. Even worse, current doctors are going from being part of the solution to being part of the problem: 250,000 of them are older than 55,
and they’ll also retire soon.
• The problem is global: by 2020, 1 in 9 people worldwide will be over 60.
Help!
5. Something’s Gotta Give
• 10,000 baby boomers retire daily.
• 1st year med school enrollment declined
since 1980. 250,000 docs older than 55.
• By 2020, 1 in 9 worldwide over 60.
It’s about time for Smart Aging, because, frankly, we, as individuals and a society, just can’t afford to live without it.
Consider a few overwhelming pieces of data:
• 10,000 baby boomers in the US now retire every day. Every day!
• There also ain’t gonna be enough doctors to care for us, either. In fact, 1st year medical school enrollment has declined since 1980. Even worse, current doctors are going from being part of the solution to being part of the problem: 250,000 of them are older than 55,
and they’ll also retire soon.
• The problem is global: by 2020, 1 in 9 people worldwide will be over 60.
Help!
6. But, what if…
You could easily record daily health data
& that might improve your health?
But what if there was a radical shift in how we deal with aging?
What if you could easily and without anyone noticing, record your real-time health indicators? What if, provided you gave your permission, your doctor could actually see that data? Instead of the un-natural setting of a few tests in her office, she could monitor what your
daily life was like, including factors such as your diet and exercise, to get a better picture of your overall health. You could actually become an active partner in your health care!
7. But, what if…
You could run your home
— just talking to it?
But what if, instead of the current situation, where it becomes increasingly hard to run your home or apartment’s daily operations as you age, you could actually control critical functions such as lighting or heating, just by speaking a few basic commands?
Instead of being institutionalized, which has been shown to not only radically increase your living costs but also contribute to a decline in your health and sense of wellbeing, you’d be able to stay at home, among your favorite possessions and your neighbors.
8. “Smart Aging”
Senior-friendly home and health
technology to cut your health and living
costs, improve your health & quality of life
— & keep you in your own home.
Put these two innovations together, and you get what I call “Smart Aging.” That’s the concept of using senior-friendly home and health technology to cut your health and living costs, improve your health and quality of life, and keep you in your own home as long as
possible.
I believe it can bring unprecedented health and happiness to our senior years — while saving us money!
9. Made possible by
the Internet of Things (IoT)
Instead of just linking people by the
Internet, also lets “things” communicate as
well, share data, and work with you
This revolution — and I do mean revolution — is made possible by the Internet of Things, the concept of not just linking people through the Internet, but also connecting things — from lights to coffee pots to trees in the Amazon — so that they can share data, monitor and
regulate each other, and share that data with you.
10. Two Aspects
Quantified Self movement — devices you
can’t see — or even look nice — that
record your activity.
While there have been efforts for a while to specifically use technology to improve aging, I believe Smart Aging will instead result from tweaking efforts underway as part of the Internet of Things to improve life for everyone, of all ages. As Joe Coughlin, director of MIT’s
AgeLab, says, “Counterintuitively, making home automation mainstream and cool means that it's likely to end up in the hands of older adults sooner than if home automation technologies were only designed specifically for older people.”
Two aspects of the Internet of Things are combined to make “Smart Aging Possible.”
First is what’s called the “Quantified Self”movement. That uses devices that you wear on your body that are increasingly unobtrusive, or even attract, and which record your daily health and fitness data, without you having to do anything such as fiddle with buttons or
switches: just put them on.
11. Two Aspects
“Smart home” devices automate
manual home processes.
The second element of Smart Aging is “smart home” devices that automate, and, increasingly, coordinate, previously manual home processes. They can both make your life easier and help save on utility and other costs that are painful on a fixed income.
12. Already here!
“Quantified Health” Devices Record &
ReportYour Health Data 24/7
In fact, these devices are already here! For example, I wear the Jawbone UP bracelet around the clock: it tracks and records every step I take, and my sleep and diet as well, and then let’s me set targets to increase my activity.
There is a growing variety of similar devices, such as the Nike FuelBand and the Fitbit. They’re getting easier to use — and cheaper.
13. Already here!
How about a beautiful necklace?
Oh, and what woman wouldn’t like a beautiful necklace?
This one, which I suspect will be joined in the near future by a variety of jewelry that also listens to your body, has sensors on the back that detect early signs of a congestive heart failure episode, so that caregivers can intervene to minimize the attack, or perhaps avoid
hospitalization. Neat, huh?
14. Already here!
“Smart Home” devices can
automate your house — just by speaking
And there is a growing number of smart home devices: you can buy them at Lowe’s, Home Depot, Staples or The Apple Store. They automate previously manual household functions such as heating and lighting.
My favorite one for seniors is Ivee. It looks like a normal clock, but all you have to do is talk to it — not fiddle with switches or anything, and it automatically does things such as turning up the heat. You don’t have to master any new technology — just talk!
15. Even better…
put them together
Even better, what if you put quantified health applications and smart home applications together, so that they combine to address both your health and home needs!
A great example of that happened just last week. The Nest thermostat, which has artificial intelligence, learns from your living patterns how to regulate your heating and cooling. The Jawbone UP bracelet includes an alarm function that will wake you at the ideal moment
in your sleep cycle to minimize the hassle of waking. Now, the same alarm that wakes you will automatically adjust the Nest, so that you’ll get up in a warm house! Isn’t that incredible?
16. How WillYou Benefit?
Encourage healthy new habits such as
more sleep, more walking, better diet.
So what will this neat new technology do to improve your life?
It can encourage you to adopt healthy new habits such as getting more sleep, walking more, because it not only records your activity, but also tracks it over time, so you can quickly see whether you’re making progress toward the goals you set for yourself.
17. How WillYou Benefit?
!
Share data
Or, you can choose to share your personal fitness record with friends for mutual support and encouragement — my wife and I just created a two-member team to share our Jawbone data and egg each other on. You can even choose to share that data with your adult
children to reassure them that you’re staying active.
18. How WillYou Benefit?
!
Give data to your doctor!
And, carrying this data sharing to its logical conclusion, Partners Healthcare — the parent of the Brigham & MGH — is now experimenting with allowing
patients (provided they opt in, because privacy and security is so important) to share their Quantified Self device data with their doctors.
That probably won’t be widespread for a while, but it is likely to result in better diagnoses, because the doctor won’t just have to rely on a few tests, given
months apart, but instead can see what your life is day in and day out!
19. How WillYou Benefit?
!
Automate household processes
Your living space will benefit because you’ll now be able to manage a variety of formerly manual processes, such as adjusting the heat or turning lights on or off, automatically.
20. How WillYou Benefit?
!
Do it from far away from home.
For example, what if you’re going to spend the whole afternoon here at the Center one day next winter? You can turn the heat down and the lights off when
you leave, but turn them on from your phone before you go home, so you’ll be greeted by a warm, well-lit house! As you may know, lighting can affect your
mood, so you can even choose between various settings, to energize or relax or to make it easier to read or even to concentrate on a difficult task!
21. How WillYou Benefit?
!
Coordinate actions
And, as with the example I gave you earlier about the Jawbone alarm activating the Nest thermostat, increasingly, as the number of these devices increases and they link together, you’ll be able to activate a variety of coordinated functions simultaneously: you won’t just
wake up and have the heat go up — the lights will go on gradually, and the coffee maker will start. Won’t that be both pleasant — and more economical?
22. It Won’t Be Easy
Security & Privacy Critical!
This revolution won’t happen automatically — and without some pain, cost and debate.
Most important is making sure that you control your medical and home information. It is absolutely essential that manufacturers build-in advanced privacy and security protections, and constantly update it. NOTHING will undermine public confidence in the Internet of
Things in general than a few well-publicized security breeches. It’s good that the Federal Trade Commission has already made a big thing out of fining one of the companies that disregarded privacy and security.
23. It Won’t Be Easy
Health and fitness devices
must be accurate
You can bet that, as the health and fitness devices become more accurate, doctors come to rely on their data, and as the manufacturers begin to make claims for them, the Food and Drug Administration will become involved, requiring extensive testing in order for the
devices to be certified — and they’ll penalize manufacturers who don’t meet these tests.
24. It Won’t Be Easy
You Must Opt In & Dignity Comes First
There’s also a big matter of YOUR personal choices when it comes to Smart Aging.
YOU must be the boss: the default choice with any device or service must be that you aren’t included or you don’t share data unless YOU specifically agree to it, and the terms must be laid out clearly, and simply. When it comes, for example, to wearable devices, their
design and appearance can’t stigmatize you: they must be either inconspicuous or so accepted by the public that you’d want to wear them and even show them off.
25. It Won’t Be Easy
Simple,Affordable, Easy to Control
Finally, any Smart Aging devices and services will have to be simple, affordable, and easy to control. That’s still not the case with many of them, but the trend is definitely toward usability. For example, one of my favorite devices is Ivee: it looks like an attractive clock —
which it in fact is — but it also links a growing number of Internet of Things devices and is activated simply by talking to it, from as far as 25’ away. How neat is that?
26. Worth It In The End!
While “Smart Aging” is still in its early stages, the devices and services are evolving quickly, and what’s called “network effects” are already at work: the more of them, and the more they are linked, the more valuable each becomes. It is likely to be a full-fledged reality
within the next five years.
When that happens, you will enjoy multiple benefits. It will:
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
• Build your self-esteem
• Cut your living costs
• Let you stay at home, safely.
This is an exciting time, and I hope you are excited about the potential benefits.
Thank you.
27. Worth It In The End!
• Improve your health & fitness
While “Smart Aging” is still in its early stages, the devices and services are evolving quickly, and what’s called “network effects” are already at work: the more of them, and the more they are linked, the more valuable each becomes. It is likely to be a full-fledged reality
within the next five years.
When that happens, you will enjoy multiple benefits. It will:
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
• Build your self-esteem
• Cut your living costs
• Let you stay at home, safely.
This is an exciting time, and I hope you are excited about the potential benefits.
Thank you.
28. Worth It In The End!
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
While “Smart Aging” is still in its early stages, the devices and services are evolving quickly, and what’s called “network effects” are already at work: the more of them, and the more they are linked, the more valuable each becomes. It is likely to be a full-fledged reality
within the next five years.
When that happens, you will enjoy multiple benefits. It will:
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
• Build your self-esteem
• Cut your living costs
• Let you stay at home, safely.
This is an exciting time, and I hope you are excited about the potential benefits.
Thank you.
29. Worth It In The End!
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
• Build your self-esteem
While “Smart Aging” is still in its early stages, the devices and services are evolving quickly, and what’s called “network effects” are already at work: the more of them, and the more they are linked, the more valuable each becomes. It is likely to be a full-fledged reality
within the next five years.
When that happens, you will enjoy multiple benefits. It will:
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
• Build your self-esteem
• Cut your living costs
• Let you stay at home, safely.
This is an exciting time, and I hope you are excited about the potential benefits.
Thank you.
30. Worth It In The End!
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
• Build your self-esteem
• Cut your living costs
While “Smart Aging” is still in its early stages, the devices and services are evolving quickly, and what’s called “network effects” are already at work: the more of them, and the more they are linked, the more valuable each becomes. It is likely to be a full-fledged reality
within the next five years.
When that happens, you will enjoy multiple benefits. It will:
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
• Build your self-esteem
• Cut your living costs
• Let you stay at home, safely.
This is an exciting time, and I hope you are excited about the potential benefits.
Thank you.
31. Worth It In The End!
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
• Build your self-esteem
• Cut your living costs
• Let you stay at home, safely
While “Smart Aging” is still in its early stages, the devices and services are evolving quickly, and what’s called “network effects” are already at work: the more of them, and the more they are linked, the more valuable each becomes. It is likely to be a full-fledged reality
within the next five years.
When that happens, you will enjoy multiple benefits. It will:
• Improve your health & fitness
• Cut your medical bills
• Build your self-esteem
• Cut your living costs
• Let you stay at home, safely.
This is an exciting time, and I hope you are excited about the potential benefits.
Thank you.
32. “Smart Aging”
For more information:
W. David Stephenson
Stephenson Strategies
508 740-8918
D.Stephenson@stephensonstrategies.com
Twitter: @data4all