Mobile phones are often described as vital, but it’s never had such a literal meaning than what the new “EPI Life” device offers. Unveiled at the excellently-named CommunicAsia conference, the small smartphone features all the usual refinements: light weight, touch screen, and of course an ECG machine instantly connected to a team of doctors.
The “Health Concierge” service works when you hold your fingers to sensors on the sides of the phone: it reads your heartbeat before sending the data to a team of trained cardiologists. They text the results back, letting you know if that funny feeling in your chest is “too much curry” or the slightly more daunting, “you need get to a hospital asap.” They can even help you get there in some regions, with private ambulances and the terrifyingly capitalist phrase “expedited patient admission for customers.”
It also creates the most scientific data plan options you’ve ever heard of, where free minutes and download caps come with a set number of ECG readings per month. More excitingly, EPI has announced that they’ll be offering this technology to other mobile manufacturers, so you can have a choice to go with your chest pains. We might see an iHeart application sooner than you think.
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