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Can Fish and Cell Phones Teach Us about Our Health?

Authors :
Lee MA
Duarte CM
Eguíluz VM
Heller DA
Langer R
Meekan MG
Sikes HD
Srivastava M
Strano MS
Wilson RP
Source :
ACS sensors [ACS Sens] 2019 Oct 25; Vol. 4 (10), pp. 2566-2570. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 02.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Biologging is a scientific endeavor that studies the environment and animals within it by outfitting the latter with sensors of their dynamics as they roam freely in their natural habitats. As wearable technologies advance for the monitoring of human health, it may be instructive to reflect on the successes and failures of biologging in field biology over the past few decades. Several lessons may be of value. Physiological sensors can "encode" for a wider number of states than the one explicitly targeted, although the limits of this are debatable. The combination of orthogonal sensors turns out to be critical to delivering a high value data set. Sensor fusion and engineering for longevity are also important for success. This Perspective highlights successful strategies for biologging that hold promise for human health monitoring.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2379-3694
Volume :
4
Issue :
10
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
ACS sensors
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31576740
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.9b00947