Posted on Sep 22, 2021, 1:30 PMUpdated Sep 22, 2021, 1:39 PM
It could be a “killer app”. The kind of app that alone justifies buying a new iPhone or Apple Watch. For now, nothing is done, but to believe the « Wall Street Journal » , Apple has teamed up with the University of California at Los Angeles (Ucla) and biotech Biogen to work on a way to detect depression. Extensive program.
According to several people familiar with the case and the documents consulted by the daily, Apple would already have an idea of how to do it. The method would use a battery of sensors – those already present in its devices: movements, physical activity, sleep and even the way of writing with the keyboard. In 2018, Uber filed a patent to guess if a user was drunk by analyzing their accuracy and typing speed. The idea would therefore follow its path.
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