It may one day be possible to spot illness the same way many of us already track our exercise habits and sleep patterns: with wearable sensors, researchers say. "In the future, you will have multiple sensors relaying information to your smartphone, which will become your health dashboard," Snyder added. On a long flight for a family vacation last year, he noticed changes in his heart rate and oxygen levels. From previous trips with sensors, he knew his oxygen levels normally dropped during flights and his heart rate increased at the start of the flight but then returned to normal. For a few other participants, higher than normal readings for heart rate and skin temperature also turned out to signal a developing illness.

Source: The Star January 15, 2017 22:02 UTC