Joseph Kvedar January 30, 2025
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of my first book, The Internet of Healthy Things. To mark the occasion, I decided to take a trip down memory lane and reread it. This book was about predicting the future of healthcare delivery, specifically as it involved connected sensors and devices, so I’m hoping you’ll take a look back and give me and my coauthors a score. How did we do?
I must begin with a disclaimer (or some may see it as an excuse). I like to illustrate the challenges of predicting the future using the cult classic Blade Runner as an example. This Ridley Scott classic film, released in 1982, looks 37 years into the future, to...