While wearables are talked about as the next big thing in the tech industry, they all do pretty much the same thing in slightly different ways. No one has come up with something that can change the way you live your life.
Industrialised by the South African-based health tech startup HealthQ in Stellenbosch, global technology LifeQ think they may be onto something, with a technology that has been years in the making. Using various fields of expertise, LifeQ uses real time and predictive data to create digital simulations of human physiology. They intend to translate this into information which they believe has the potential to fundamentally improve your health, as well as human health in general.
This week, LifeQ launched globally at CES 2015. LifeQ has tapped into the human sensor by combining two technologies to give people the ability to optimize and improve the condition of the human body and live intelligently. These two technologies: continuous physiological monitoring and bio-mathematical modeling provide insights about personal and population-wide health“”making it possible to significantly improve decision making for anyone‘s health and well-being. Check out what its all about in the video below:
At CES patrons will be able to step into the world of LifeQ to learn how continuous physiological monitoring and bio-mathematical modeling (also known as Computational Systems Biology) will enable wearable device companies, application developers, data scientists and other experts to better monitor, understand and manage physiology, behaviour and health.
“œIt‘s a huge opportunity to stand beside global brands and talk about our vision as a company and how much of an impact we can make. We want to change the way people think about their health, and this new development is finally allowing us to do that,“ said executive founder of LifeQ, Dr. Riaan Conradie. “œWe can now deliver incredible insights to people about their bodies, potentially even predicting a heart attack. CES speakers are watched by millions of people so it is a fantastic launch platform for us and a great place to engage with potential partners.“
Computational Systems Biology is a relatively new field of scientific endeavour and currently there is only a small group of expert scientists publishing globally in this field. LifeQ‘s multi-disciplinary team is pioneering this effort and has a vision of enabling every human being to really understand their own bodies and health, and make decisions based on highly personalized health records and insights. The LifeQ team includes biologists, computer scientists, electronic design engineers, mathematical statisticians, researchers, biomedical engineers, software architects, scientists and commercial experts.
LifeQ‘s technology focuses on highlighting and improving six major verticals in one technological device for users to optimize their health and well-being including: fitness, nutrition, sleep and stress, medical, health and data mining. This state of the art development and potential applications are myriad. LifeQ is currently partnering with a wide range of brands to enable them to tap into the LifeQ model specific to their industry.
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