IoT and Human Body | IoT Security | IoT Security Products | IoT Security Platform

Smart Axom
Jul 22, 2017 · 1 min read

Using Bluetooth, sensors, applications, portals, wearables, cloud computing and the human body, IoT powers applications that provide real-time information regarding health status and thereby, a person’s well being. Some of the popular applications are listed below:

  • Using GPS on smartphones and other sensors like accelerometer, compass, video etc., a person’s every single movement, his location can be monitored on his smartphone.
  • Parents can now sleep relaxedly as smart baby sleep monitors do the job of babysitting during infant nap times. Based on baby’s breathing patterns, body temperature, wake/sleep cycles and sleeping positions, the smart sleep monitor provides reports and alerts to the parents, all real-time. The parents can be anywhere, working or away from the baby, and they can now remotely watch their baby sleeping blissfully. This IoT application uses Bluetooth technology.
  • FDA cleared a wearable sensor that can be worn by patients with risk of cardiac arrhythmias. This sensor monitors and sends information to the patient’s health care provider about his heart rate, breathing, physical activity, ECG. This way the patients do not have to visit the health care providers frequently, and for providers, it is useful to remotely track their medical condition..

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