Medical meeting applications για φορητές συσκευές είχαν στις 13 Δεκεμβρίου εκπρόσωποι της Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), with people from the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting was recorded in the FDA's public archives, stating the date, subject of the discussion, as well as the names of the representatives of the two sides that took part.
The news came to light last Friday, confirming reports that have appeared since the end of last year and which claim that the American company is developing hardware and software to record various biological parameters.
On the occasion of the meeting, the New York Times returned to the subject, saying that hardware will be embedded in the long-awaited iWatch, a "smart" clock with biosensors that will wirelessly transmit their measurements to iPhone του χρήστη. Μάλιστα, σε άρθρο στην κυριακάτικη έκδοσή της, η εφημερίδα αναφέρει πως η Apple εξετάζει διάφορες τεχνολογίες ώστε να αναπληρώνει η μπαταρία την ηλεκτρική της energy – such as magnetic induction or the integration of small solar cells.
The 9to5Mac technology gives even more details, stating that saving and analyzing biological measures will be one of the main new features of the next version of Apple's operating system for iPhone and iPad. Thus, in the new version, the operating system will include «Healthbook», an application that will gather data such as heart rate or pressure.
About a month ago, an FDA meeting with senior Google executives had leaked out on a medical innovation developed by the Internet gossip. As it was revealed after a few days, innovation is about the first "smart" contact lenses, which can measure the level of sugar in the tears of diabetics.
