Virtual Reality is Helping Babies Breathe

[kestrell]

Kes: This focuses on one of the biggest issues in developing apps and programs related to healthcare, and disability for that matter: you need to be aware that the ppl you want to get it to may not have the best technology, and/or you want a technology that can deliver your product across a variety of consumers. This is why I think Alexa has such huge potential for healthcare and services for PWD: an Echo Dot cost about $25, and Alexa can be installed on phone, laptops, PCs, and the fact that all skills go through Amazon gives them a centralized location for discoverability..

https://www.geekwire.com/2019/virtual-reality-helping-babies-breathe-thanks-project-seattle-childrens-oxford/

Comments

[alexxkay]

Huh. That sounds cool and weird. (...reads article...) Oh, it's the DOCTORS in the virtual reality, not the babies! That's a poorly worded headline. Cool thing, though.

[kestrell]

I concur: even though I am familiar with VR being used for traning doctors--it was one of the first rl ways VR was utilized--the phrasing doesn't make it very clear who is experiencing the VR firsthand.

Nifty!

[jesse_the_k]

Here I was wondering how they managed to get just-born babies to interpret VR, since it takes 3 - 4 months before they can focus their eyes.

Alexa is versatile, and I gotta say I'm suspicious as hell about Amazon centralizing any more data than it already does.