David Savastano, Editor11.21.16
During the opening day at Printed Electronics USA 2016, organized by IDTechEx at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, major corporations and smaller companies offered attendees a look into the present and future of flexible and printed electronics, wearables, sensors, the Internet of Things, 3D printing and more.
The Keynote Session features speakers from Google, Unilever and Intel. Heidi Dohse, Google senior program manager and founder of Tour de Heart, began the session with “The Internet Of Me - Data Empowering Patients.”
Dohse is a survivor of heart disease, and has worn a pacemaker for 30 years. She is an avid athlete, and wearables allow her to continue bike racing.
“I am 100 percent dependent on my pacemaker,” she said. “Sensors collect data on every heart beat, checks for abnormal rhythm, and is enabled with wi-fi, which allows the data to go to wearables. This data offers a ‘window’ into
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