[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":366},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-no-ai-wont-kill-creativity":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":158,"relatedBooks":288},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":34,"contact_email_category":37,"yst_prominent_words":38,"class_list":45,"better_featured_image":56,"acf":87,"yoast_meta":102,"_links":105},51673,"2023-07-20T10:00:00","2023-07-20T08:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=51673&#038;_wpnonce=118047110b&#038;status=auto-draft&#038;type=post","2023-07-20T07:20:32","2023-07-20T05:20:32","no-ai-wont-kill-creativity","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fno-ai-wont-kill-creativity",{"rendered":17},"No, AI won’t kill creativity",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>Recently, I had a conversation with a well-known illustrator friend who was expressing his discontent about artificial intelligence. As our conversation escalated online, several creative professionals joined in, lamenting the supposed death of art, creativity, and, consequently, our livelihoods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>creativity, noun\u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>the ability to produce or use original and unusual ideas\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I added my two cents that AI should not be perceived as competition, but rather as a tool to align with our times. I argued that ChatGPT wouldn’t transform anyone into a journalist, just as Midjourney wouldn&#8217;t make me a graphic designer, because I miss the skills to use it right. And then a graphic designer girl got very emotional. “Midjourney? You are not a designer yourself, so you fail to see that what it does is a piece of shit”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While I understand &#8211; and partially share some of &#8211; these worries, I don’t think AI is ready to kill art and\u002For creativity or take our jobs.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here’s why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This could be a really short article, I should link \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchat.openai.com\u002Fshare\u002Fd04a380a-7f19-4e65-9c15-791643df18d8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this thread with ChatGPT\u003C\u002Fa>. It unequivocally demonstrates how AI can&#8217;t perform a task if you don&#8217;t know how to do it yourself. For those who&#8217;d rather not click: I asked ChatGPT to write this article, and the result was:&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>Dull\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Superficial\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Wordy\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Even more dull\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Despite using various trending prompt engineering techniques, the\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchat.openai.com\u002Fshare\u002Fd7b3e861-4aa2-481d-b724-ee3c83bb1448\" target=\"_blank\"> outcome remained the same\u003C\u002Fa>. If I had devoted a few more hours to this project, I might have generated a more satisfactory result. However, by then, I could have completed the article and hopefully be halfway through my annual apricot jam project, given how many kilos of apricots are sitting on my kitchen counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I can use Large Language Models (LLMs) to aid my work &#8211; gathering facts, ideas, pros\u002Fcons, backgrounds, etc &#8211; but they can’t do my work WELL. And this is true for all currently available AI models, from chatbots to image, video, music or sound generators.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002FMidjourney_supercomputer_and_human_playing_chess-768x512.png\" alt=\"Midjourney Supercomputer and human playing chess AI algorithm\" class=\"wp-image-48815\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002FMidjourney_supercomputer_and_human_playing_chess-768x512.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002FMidjourney_supercomputer_and_human_playing_chess.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A text-to-image generator will never make me an artist or a graphic designer, because I lack the vision, the background knowledge and the visual culture. I could harness all the Midjourney server time in the world and still fail to produce impressive visuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you don’t know what makes good written content, ChatGPT or Perplexity won’t save you. These tools are useful for composing straightforward emails and communicating with Airbnb hosts in foreign languages, but they are far from writing the next Harry Potter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>AI can do your creative job if you suck at that job\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Sure, AI will take over some jobs. I have seen job postings looking for AI content creators, to “write” dozens or hundreds of posts a day. Yes, those technically will be blog posts, but I very much doubt we would want to read them. And I could make my own website and illustrate it with Midjourney, but it would be nothing to write home about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>AI will take the job of subpar creatives. It is cheap, and some project owners want to make everything as cheap as possible. They are the ones who used to ask the neighbour&#8217;s nephew to design their corporate website and paid 15 dollars to a high school graduate for all the content. They are going to use AI &#8211; but they are the ones who didn’t pay for good creative professionals in the past either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Look at it, AI is already in the Museum of Modern Art\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Have you seen “Unsupervised”, this monumental AI installation by Turkish new media artist Refik Anadol? He used AI to generate this astonishing visual using 200 years of MoMa art as the prompt for this installation.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Documentation of Unsupervised — Machine Hallucinations — MoMA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FH9wr2hx1PY0?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Anadol trained a sophisticated machine-learning model to interpret the publicly available data of MoMA’s collection. As the model “walks” through its conception of this vast range of works, it reimagines the history of modern art and dreams about what might have been—and what might be to come. In turn, Anadol incorporates site-specific input from the environment of the Museum’s Gund Lobby—changes in light, movement, acoustics, and the weather outside—to affect the continuously shifting imagery and sound.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How on earth could we say AI kills creativity? How creative is this? What an awesome idea! And this is just one example of how we, humans need to ask the right questions so the AI can provide the right answer. And asking the right questions requires creativity and curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Good healthcare professionals just get better with AI\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We have discussed earlier how \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fartificial-intelligence-and-the-art-of-medicine\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI will bring the real art of medicine\u003C\u002Fa>. It is often said &#8211; as a negative &#8211; that AI is a “black box”, and that we don’t know why we got the output we received. As deep learning models and algorithms are becoming more complex, this certainly will become a possibility in medicine as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>AI may identify new drugs, treatments, and therapies by matching combinations that human physicians, pharmaceutical companies, or medical innovators would never consider. AI might develop completely new solutions – without elucidating how it arrived at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In a similar vein to the supercomputer in Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, which proclaims that the answer to life, the universe, and everything else is 42, intelligent algorithms might provide answers without explanations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The real art of medicine will then involve deciphering the logical path that led AI to a specific solution, requiring high levels of creativity, problem-solving, and cognitive skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Recently, I had a conversation with a well-known illustrator friend who was expressing his discontent about artificial intelligence. As our conversation escalated online, several creative [&hellip;]\u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,51691,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31,32],7079,504,[],[35,36],950,951,[],[39,40,41,42,43,44],3195,3615,4103,4111,5179,1833,[46,14,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55],"post-51673","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tmf","category-artificial-intelligence","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-patients",{"id":24,"alt_text":27,"caption":27,"description":27,"media_type":57,"media_details":58,"post":5,"source_url":86},"image",{"width":59,"height":60,"file":61,"filesize":62,"sizes":63,"image_meta":83},1080,607,"2023\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_377_AI-will-not-kill-creativity.png",1162025,{"medium":64,"large":71,"thumbnail":77,"medium_large":82},{"file":65,"width":66,"height":67,"mime-type":68,"filesize":69,"source_url":70},"tmf_article_377_AI-will-not-kill-creativity-370x208.png",370,208,"image\u002Fpng",96161,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_377_AI-will-not-kill-creativity-370x208.png",{"file":72,"width":73,"height":74,"mime-type":68,"filesize":75,"source_url":76},"tmf_article_377_AI-will-not-kill-creativity-768x432.png",768,432,440893,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_377_AI-will-not-kill-creativity-768x432.png",{"file":78,"width":79,"height":79,"mime-type":68,"filesize":80,"source_url":81},"tmf_article_377_AI-will-not-kill-creativity-150x150.png",150,29918,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_377_AI-will-not-kill-creativity-150x150.png",{"file":72,"width":73,"height":74,"mime-type":68,"filesize":75,"source_url":76},{"aperture":84,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":84,"copyright":27,"focal_length":84,"iso":84,"shutter_speed":84,"title":27,"orientation":84,"keywords":85},"0",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_377_AI-will-not-kill-creativity.png",{"cta_type":88,"cta_color":27,"related_books":89,"related_posts_footer":93,"related_posts":20,"subtitle":27,"key_takeaways":97},"subscribe",[90,91,92],24764,30419,47427,[94,95,96],51353,51531,51555,[98,100],{"title":99},"\u003Cp>AI will not replace but assist humans in creative tasks unless humans are really bad at what they do\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":101},"\u003Cp>Algorithms on the other hand will allow us to discover new ways of creativity in our jobs and everyday lives\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":103,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":104,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"Despite the fears, AI won't kill human creativity, here is why","AI will not replace human creativity, but will expand our capabilities. We can use algorithms to help with so many tasks from art to medicine",{"self":106,"collection":112,"about":115,"author":118,"replies":121,"version-history":124,"predecessor-version":128,"wp:featuredmedia":132,"wp:attachment":135,"wp:term":138,"curies":154},[107],{"href":108,"targetHints":109},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F51673",{"allow":110},[111],"GET",[113],{"href":114},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[116],{"href":117},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[119],{"embeddable":26,"href":120},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[122],{"embeddable":26,"href":123},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=51673",[125],{"count":126,"href":127},15,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F51673\u002Frevisions",[129],{"id":130,"href":131},51713,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F51673\u002Frevisions\u002F51713",[133],{"embeddable":26,"href":134},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F51691",[136],{"href":137},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=51673",[139,142,145,148,151],{"taxonomy":140,"embeddable":26,"href":141},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=51673",{"taxonomy":143,"embeddable":26,"href":144},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=51673",{"taxonomy":146,"embeddable":26,"href":147},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=51673",{"taxonomy":149,"embeddable":26,"href":150},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=51673",{"taxonomy":152,"embeddable":26,"href":153},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=51673",[155],{"name":156,"href":157,"templated":26},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[159],{"id":96,"date":160,"date_gmt":161,"guid":162,"modified":164,"modified_gmt":165,"slug":166,"status":13,"type":14,"link":167,"title":168,"content":170,"excerpt":172,"author":23,"featured_media":174,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":175,"categories":176,"tags":178,"project_category":181,"contact_email_category":182,"yst_prominent_words":183,"class_list":192,"better_featured_image":197,"acf":235,"yoast_meta":243,"_links":246},"2023-07-06T10:00:00","2023-07-06T08:00:00",{"rendered":163},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=51555&#038;_wpnonce=1ecf55c219&#038;status=auto-draft&#038;type=post","2023-07-05T19:22:05","2023-07-05T17:22:05","the-ultimate-tier-list-of-digital-health-technologies","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-ultimate-tier-list-of-digital-health-technologies",{"rendered":169},"The Ultimate Tier List Of Digital Health Technologies",{"rendered":171,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m a great fan of tier lists &#8211; should they be about the nutritional value of vegetables or the relative strength of Terraforming Mars Preludes. So I was more than happy we decided to create the tier list of digital health devices. The Medical Futurist evaluated 23 digital health technologies and places them in their respective tiers. You can watch the video\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=0o_03o9eUfw\" target=\"_blank\"> on our YouTube channel\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Based on the video, here is a sneak peek at how to categorize digital health devices &#8211; or rather technologies. Let&#8217;s see how practical is the given device\u002Ftechnology for the measurement of a given health parameter or vital sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tier List of Digital Health Devices - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002F0o_03o9eUfw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So it&#8217;s important that we are not declaring whether X manufacturer&#8217;s smartwatch is better than Y&#8217;s. While I&#8217;m sure that would also be quite a popular idea, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-to-check-before-buying-a-smartwatch\" target=\"_blank\">usefulness is so subjective\u003C\u002Fa> that you need to do your own research to find your own best device. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, you can be somewhat objective and decide whether X method is practical or not for Y purpose. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Dr. Mesko used the following categories in the video, so let&#8217;s stick with these:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>S Superb\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>A Great\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>B Fine\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>C Meh\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>D Bad\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>E Never again\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here we go! Below you will find the full list and an example from each tier explaining why the given device was placed in the respective category.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The tier list \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F07\u002F2023-07-05-3.png\" alt=\"Tier list of digital health technologies\" class=\"wp-image-51635\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F07\u002F2023-07-05-3.png 1920w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F07\u002F2023-07-05-3-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F07\u002F2023-07-05-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F07\u002F2023-07-05-3-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">S tier \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fa-24-hour-skin-patch-that-monitors-blood-pressure-the-biobeat-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PPG blood pressure patches\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwithings-scanwatch-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Continuous heart rate monitoring via smartwatches\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Smart sleep alarm\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=4kUSA5zZYIQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECG in hand\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fan-ophthalmologist-in-your-kitchen-the-eyeque-insight-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">At-home vision test\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A tier \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwithings-viatom-joint-review-2021\u002F\">Blood pressure measurement on the upper arm\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhen-the-best-you-can-get-is-zero-the-bactrack-mobile-breathalyzer-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blood alcohol check at home\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Fitness tracking\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>ECG on a smartwatch\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=M8jehunWxcY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comfortable continuous ECG monitoring on the chest\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsmartphone-video-otoscope-to-the-rescue-the-hearscope-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smart otoscope for home use\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=6MwZ4fnQphk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smart peak flow meter for asthma patients\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> B tier \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmocacare-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blood pressure measurement on the wrist\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fslow-eating-for-balanced-weight-management-the-hapifork-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smart utensil\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.withings.com\u002Fbe\u002Fen\u002Fsleep-analyzer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sleep quality under the mattress\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=4DLIOH83S1Y\" target=\"_blank\">Wearable 4\u002F7 glucose sensors\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C tier\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>Body thermometer\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwe-used-3-devices-for-meditation-heres-what-we-found\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EEG headband\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=YCaI26Li6BM\" target=\"_blank\">Listening to heart and lung sounds\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D tier\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>Oxygen saturation\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Galvanic skin response\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E tier\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fomron-heartguide-blood-pressure-smartwatch-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blood pressure measurement on a smartwatch\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsweet-dreams-in-a-headband-the-philips-smartsleep-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sleep headband\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let&#8217;s see a few examples from the list\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fa-24-hour-skin-patch-that-monitors-blood-pressure-the-biobeat-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Blood pressure measurement on chest\u003C\u002Fa> &#8211; S tier\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We have long been waiting for a 24-hour bp measurement that is so comfortable that it goes unnoticed. The BioBeat was the first-of-a-kind experience in this sense, no bulky box, no pumping of cuffs, no annoying beeps &#8211; indeed a game-changer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_373-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51515\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_373-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_373-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_373-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_373-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_373.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhen-the-best-you-can-get-is-zero-the-bactrack-mobile-breathalyzer-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Blood alcohol checking at home\u003C\u002Fa> &#8211; A tier\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Not your typical digital health device, but a highly useful one, especially if your country has low or zero tolerance for driving. Checking blood alcohol levels was once the privilege of cops and medical labs, but these days we all can do that &#8211; and this could be great after a dinner party. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.withings.com\u002Fbe\u002Fen\u002Fsleep-analyzer\" target=\"_blank\">Sleep quality sensor under the mattress\u003C\u002Fa> &#8211; B tier\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Some 10 years ago these sensors were your only chance to gather insights about sleep quality. These days most of these sensors work in tandem with your phone and\u002For smartwatch and thus provide you with more detailed data. However, if you only had the chance to keep one of your devices, and had to choose between the under-mattress sensor and your smartwatch&#8230;  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=YCaI26Li6BM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listening to heart and lung sounds\u003C\u002Fa> &#8211; C tier\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Now, this is an interesting one. Many smart stethoscopes are S-tier medical devices, they come with ECG, they offer AI support in data analysis and so on. But these are designed for medical professionals. Meanwhile, heart and lung sounds are health parameters that could &#8211; and probably should &#8211; be measured with digital health devices, and there could be user-friendly ways to offer these features. However, we are not there yet, and from the digital health device angle, this is not yet solved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital health device for measuring oxygen saturation &#8211; D tier\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We have had devices measuring saturation for decades, and they work well. They became so widespread that you can often find these gadgets at home, they are not for hospital use anymore. On top of this, saturation measurement already finds its way into our already existing wearables, into smartwatches, and fitness trackers. Thus dedicating a standalone digital health device to sharing data about your oxygen saturation seems pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsweet-dreams-in-a-headband-the-philips-smartsleep-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Sleep headband \u003C\u002Fa>&#8211; E Tier \u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Ugly, uncomfortable, and has a green light that keeps your spouse awake &#8211; but at least it provided extremely joyful moments to Iza, Dr. Mesko&#8217;s wife. This is a never-again device. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s the point of tier lists?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Creating these lists might not change the world, but it has its benefits. Overviewing these segments from a structured point of view might not only help us, users but also developers to find grips on delivering practical methods for health measurements. 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