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Tech giant Google is ramping up its focus on health and wellness by adding sleep tracking to its Nest Hub smart home device. The company announced Tuesday that its second-generation Nest Hub includes a sleep sensing feature that uses radar-based sleep tracking in addition to an algorithm for cough and snore detection. It marks Google’s first foray into the health and wellness space with its smart display products. “One thing we learned with the original Nest Hub is that the bedroom was… Source link

Google is introducing heart rate and respiratory rate monitoring to its Google Fit app as part of its latest feature drop. These features will initially only be available to select Pixel phones. With these features, users will be able to track their heart and respiratory rate through their phone without requiring specialized hardware. Both features are designed to work using just the cameras front and back. The heart rate… Source link

Draganfly CEO Cameron Chell discusses drones delivering packages to homes in the future and the FAA allowing companies to fully operate. Google says it has “no immediate plans” to re-engage on a project that would test drones for fire-fighting and monitoring operations. FAA BRINGS COMMERCIAL DRONE DELIVERIES ONE STEP CLOSER WITH NEW RULES A Wednesday filing from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration showed the tech giant’s Research Climate and Energy Group requested permission… Source link

Katie Adams – Friday, January 8th, 2021 Print  | Email Google and Amazon are reportedly furthering their entrance into the health products market by working on projects using radar technology to help monitor users’ sleep. Google is working on a new version of its Nest Hub that will feature sleep monitoring, sources familiar with the project told 9to5Google Jan. 7. They said the sleep tracking feature will be powered by the tech giant’s Soli radar technology, which… Source link

Image: Engin Akyurt on Unsplash Highlights This blog presents a global dashboard that compiles publicly available Google search data and can be used by policymakers and the general public to understand how internet search interest for different terms or phrases can be used to effectively assess the spread of the coronavirus in real-time for almost 200 countries worldwide.  Search interest for various symptoms of coronavirus is highly correlated with administrative COVID-19 cases and… Source link