Category: temperature

ER docs don smart rings to better predict COVID-19 infections

Post author By Randall
Post date March 23, 2020
Categories In algorithm, coronavirus, covid-19, data, emergency, gear, healthcare, hospital, medicine, oura, Privacy, san francisco, smart ring, symptoms, Tech, temperature, ucsf, vital signs, Wearables, workers

[ad_1] Workers at UCSF Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are wearing the devices, and Oura has asked another 150,000 users to share their data. The rings aren’t exactly comprehensive trackers, but they do record body temperature, heart rate and other vitals. In the near term, they could alert medical workers if they […]

Antarctica is hotter than it’s ever been

Post author By Randall
Post date February 7, 2020
Categories In antarctica, argentina, Climate Change, global warming, green, ice, melting, record, Tech, temperature, tomorrow, world meteorological organization

[ad_1] This isn’t necessarily surprising. Earth just saw its hottest January on record, and 2019 was the second-warmest year recorded. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the Antarctic Peninsula (the northwest tip near to South America) is among the fastest warming regions of the planet. Its temperature has increased almost 3 degrees Celsius (37.4 degrees […]