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November 01, 2006
Just Plain Simple
I'll admit I'm a gadget freak and the promise of mobile devices becoming more powerful to make my life easier is pretty exciting. Unfortunately, the complexity of today’s devices to perform multiple tasks is way beyond most people’s skill level and interest. While I believe that diabetes management is a futile area for innovation in mobile technology and health maintenance, I’m struck by a recent announcement by Lifescan. They just introduced an extremely simple and small glucose meter that has a large, easy to view screen and is small enough to fit in your pocket.
Mobile devices and health applications for older adults have a bright future but a cheap, easy to use glucose meter shows that simplicity is something high tech companies need to pay attention to as they develop their products.
Boomer Mobile Health Project
This entry is part of a study on how mobile devices and health applications will effect compliance, attitude and behavior change among older adults. The perspective of the Boomer Mobile Health project is that the considerable development of mobile health devices, applications and services will influence changes in the behaviors of older adults in the area of physical and mental fitness, disease management and education. If you know of good examples of mobile products designed for boomers, please e-mail me at MarkCarp@stanford.edu
Mark Carpenter
Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
Posted by Mark at November 1, 2006 05:26 PM
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