Technology:
Japanese
leading makers of the car navigation system are branching out into the medical
field because growingly sophisticated smartphones are invading the car
navigation market. Clarion is developing a desktop device to deliver a specific
amount of medicine at a scheduled time automatically. The device is to prevent
the aged from forgetting to take medicine, and the voice technology to give
instructions will be incorporated in it. The company will build a trial mode
and conduct the demonstration experiment in alliance with the leading nursing care
company within the year. Clarion plans to put the device on the market in two
years.
The smartphone replaces the car navigation system.
Pioneer
started to develop a sensor to examine the blood flow. Imperceptible laser that
the sensor emits to the body explores blood erythrocytes in the blood vessel. It
is possible to analyze the amount and velocity of blood erythrocytes by
examining the reflected light. The sensor will be as small as a box of
cigarette. The world market of the simple car navigation system will supposedly
shrink 15% from the level in 2011 to about 32 million units in 2017, whereas
the world market of the advanced car navigation system is expected to rise 70%
over the level in 2011 to about 17 million units in 2017. Please click here for further information on PIoneer's sensor (in Japanese).
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