Monitor vital signs via remote camera
My colleague Nick pointed me to this in the context of usability testing (he is a UX research master – always thinking about testing.) Basically a way to collect physiological data on people using a simple webcam. Of course from a usability standpoint, it would be great to have something like this in our lab – I would love to be able to show a client when a participant’s heart rate and blood pressure rise because of a poor check-out experience or an off-target campaign.
http://player.vimeo.com/video/12192224
Cardiocam from Ming-Zher Poh on Vimeo.
I did notice that they had a mock up running on a mobile device – uses the forward-facing camera to sense your face and then display your vital signs. Combine this with calling/video and location and you have a pretty powerful way to remotely diagnose medical emergencies while help is sent. Wow.
