Wearable devices

Written by – Abhidnya Parab

We all know that our busy life gives no time for ourselves. But still it is very important to take care of our health by doing medical check-up. Hence people prefer to use such medical applications which consumes very less time for detection of a desired component and also gives very faster results compare to the traditional methods of detection. Now a days various gadgets have come in the market which will help in quick detection of biological components. They are made such that it as affordable to many people, easy to operate by just knowing its steps given in its manual.

Such devices have been modified as in people can carry that with themselves. Thus these devices are called as wearable devices. They are portable and can be handled easily. Such devices includes lot of different examples like smartphone, smart watch etc.

There is an use of principle which is similar to that of bio-sensors which is used for detection of many biological material. For example diabetes, pollutants in environment etc. are detected by bio-sensors.
There is lot of research carried out on such devices. Invention of such devices definitely has lot of benefits. The use of lightweight wearable micro camera is one of the example of such device. There is poor knowledge about the daily intake of micro-nutrients by free living people. In this case the use of such wearable micro camera played a role in proper detection.

There is always a need of proper sleep, exercising and limiting sedentary activities. If this is maintained properly then in turn it helps in maintaining health. Wearable devices are now used to measure 24 hour activity cycle, sedentary behaviour, light intensity physical activity and moderate to physical activity.
There is also a smartphone available which can assess mental, physical and emotional stress through analysis of physiological signals.

Apart from this there are many such examples of wearable devices those are used on daily base and help peoples in maintaining or knowing about their health. But care should be taken or studies should be carried out on these devices in order to know whether they have any adverse effects on persons life.

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