These Consumer Technologies Could Show Us What ’s Next in Medical Devices

As the consumer technology industry moves forward it constantly invents, develops, and produces a myriad of amazing technologies. Some of these innovations have important applications in medical devices. These technologies aren’t necessarily vital to effective medical treatment, but they do play a big role in usability and convenience, which are important factors in efficient and effective care. As they become more widely available and cheaper, the opportunities for medical devices to also become better, cheaper, and more readily available also grow. Here are two technologies that you may not immediately connect with healthcare applications, but that could make a big splash in the upcoming years in medical devices. Location Hardware Systems Self-driving cars and flying-drone systems are exploding industries, and are in demand of precision location hardware systems to understand their physical surroundings. Google, Ford, Honda, GM, Toyota, Tesla, Uber, and pretty much all the other major car manufacturers are developing driving automation hardware, as are many drone manufacturers for industrial and recreational uses. Both groups rely on a variety of components, especially LIDAR, GPS, ultrasonics, and video cameras to run their auto-pilot controls. A lot of these technologies have been around for a long time, but the growth of these markets will drive down price and drive up efficacy for everyone. Not only that, but these applications also demand miniaturized and weatherproo...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Design Source Type: news