In November 2019, Dr. Ray Emerson, a 79-year-old veterinarian from Texas escaped a stroke because his smart phone alerted him to irregular heart beats much before he noticed any symptoms. There were two critical elements at play here – data and connected devices. The heart monitor shared data with the smart watch that the doctor was wearing which then triggered the alert.
Many of us use Amazon’s Alexa, a cloud-based voice service whose success is greatly dependent on the data flowing between connected devices and that’s how you can use the personal assistant to control the Philips light bulbs in your living room or book an appointment with the doctor.
