Category Archives: Location Based Services for Health
An Idea to Encourage Exercise and Wellbeing using GPS Tracking
I just read a story about someone who has cycled every road in London over a period of five years. He used a combination of GPS and colouring in the A to Z Map of London. On this video you … Continue reading
Finally a Device to Track Anything Like a Magpie Does
I’ve known Derek Handley and his family for a long time, since a young group of entrepreneurs won the NZ Wireless Data Forum’s mobile app competition (I was President at the time, helped conceive and judge it) many many years … Continue reading
Telemedicine, mobile health care apps like Pager bring medical care to you
When you’re sick, getting out of bed for a doctor’s visit can seem near impossible, but now there are apps for that Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.cbsnews.com This evolution is not going in exactly the way I expected, certainly not … Continue reading
GPS Monitoring Devices for Pizza Delivery – Why didn’t we think of it sooner? Actually we did.
In the next year or two we are going to see a plethora of mobile location based apps and people are going to ask, why didn’t we think of that before. I have to say, we did. The right people were just too busy with BAU and weren’t ready for it. Welcome to the world of the futurist. Continue reading
5 Mobile apps mesh public safety and civic engagement – Need CPR skills or to report a crime?
Mobile apps mesh public safety and civic engagement Source: http://www.statesmanjournal.com 5 really interesting apps described here give a great example of location based apps that are low cost and can save lives. Need someone with CPR skills while you’re waiting … Continue reading
The 10 maps that illustrate the healthiest counties in America
See on Scoop.it – Location Is Everywhere Air pollution, graduation rates, obesity, STD rates and long commute times: Different ways of measuring health. Luigi Cappel‘s insight: One of the most powerful ways to use Census data is on a map. … Continue reading
A Better Way To Track Missing People with Dementia or Disabilities with GPS Shoe Insoles
See on Scoop.it – Location Is Everywhere Va. professor champions shoes with GPS tracking SFGate By late 2011, a new GPS-equipped shoe was ready for people with a variety of cognitive disorders, including traumatic brain injury and autism. Luigi Cappel‘s … Continue reading
