"The Hyper Connected Individual, Home and City meet the Healthcare Sector" by Chris Lewis, Managing Director, Lewis Insight and Founding Partner of The Great Telco Debate.
2. 1 in 7 people are disabled worldwide
Hearing impaired
Visually impaired
Learning/cognitive
Physical disability
Other disabilities
360M
285M
148M
13M
194M
Source: Lewis Insight Ltd based on UN statistics
3. Technology – helping with every disability
Smart glasses
Head-mounted wand
Hearing device
Camera necklace
Skin patches
Smart watch
Smart ring
Safety monitor
Smart bracelet
Smart clothing
Smart inner-soles
Brainwave reader
Internal chips
Source: Lewis Insight Ltd
4. Wearables:
Remember the Six Million Dollar Man?
Price list to build our modern-day bionic person
Smart phone $500
Exoskeleton bionic hand $20,000
Exoskeleton legs $30,000
Smart glasses $2,500
Hearing aids $2,500
Bracelet with haptic feedback $500
Smart watch $500
Skin patches: $50
Total <$100,000
5. Accessing the smarter home
Robots
Smart bulbs and
thermostatsAmazon Echo
Apps
Wearables
6. Personal monitoring and feedback loops
Doctor (GP) e.g. monitoring
on going conditions,
remote diagnosis, video
consultation
Carer e.g. family
member or third party
Social Services
e.g. visit scheduling
Personal Information for
self-monitoring
e.g. Diabetes, heart,
fitness
Hospitals e.g. remote
consultation and
monitoring
Insurance monitoring e.g.
behaviour tracking
8. Blurring of lines between healthcare,
personal care and social care Personal health and
medical awareness
from self-monitoring
and internet research
Medical data sharing
Healthcare system
Remote consultation and
monitoring
Real time information sharing
and patient records
Remote aftercare
Reduces unnecessary physical
visits and costs
Charities and Social Care
After care monitoring
using simple devices
9. Channels to Market: Education and Training at every stage
Consumer
electronics
and ICT
industry
Disabled
people
Government
Education
Charities/NGOs
Media/social media
Family/friends
Healthcare
Awareness and training
Source: Lewis Insight Ltd
10. Embedding Accessibility in App Development
Definition
Coding / labellingTesting
Refresh
Source: Lewis Insight Ltd