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by rdl 4057 days ago
Yeah -- pervasive monitoring gives you three awesome things:

1) Per-user baselines (e.g. my natural temperature is 36C) in a non-clinical environment (to avoid "white coat" syndrome; from working in a hospital, my BP spikes to 140/90 when I'm around incompetent providers, and is 120/80 normally)

2) Great longitudinal measurements to see changes over time

3) Detecting emergencies instantly