Wearable fitness trackers provide an insightful look into your way of life, keeping close tabs on heart-rate, distance traveled, pulse, weight, and other factors that correlate with health. The next level of self-health monitoring goes one step further, by allowing users to run medical diagnostic tests from home. May all ye die-hard quantitative life enthusiasts rejoice!
Dubbed Cue, the device tests for five health indicators: inflammation, influenza, fertility, Vitamin D, and testosterone – all examinations commonly run by general health practitioners in the US. Testing is accomplished by loading a small sample of the necessary bodily fluid onto a wand that’s then loaded in to the cube-shaped Cue sensor unit; saliva for testosterone, a nasal swab for influenza, and blood for the remaining three tests. The Cue's biosensors and composite microfluidic system obtain a reading and transfer the ensuing results to a proprietary app on your mobile device using embedded Bluetooth 4.0.
“We created Cue as a tool for people who are interested in connecting with their health in a much more direct, intuitive, and powerful way than ever before,” says Ayub Khattak, Cue founder and CEO. “People can now keep daily track of measurements that used to be available only on a yearly or bi-yearly basis. We brought together the best minds and spent over four years creating the most advanced consumer health product we have ever seen.”
Using the information Cue gathers from your body, the accompanying app suggests lifestyle changes such as diet tweaks and exercise regiments that may help you improve future results. There’s even the option of linking the app to whatever fitness tracker you’re currently wearing, if you crave deeper insight.
Of course, Cue is not a replacement for a doctor’s visit; it’s merely a supplemental tool for living a healthier lifestyle. One innovative and arguable ahead-of-its-time feature included in the app is the ability to publish a local influenza area map based on medical information in the cloud streamed from nearby Cues in your area. Another interesting feature is the fertility test. By measuring a woman’s luteinzing hormone produced by her pituitary gland, users can be notified of the when they are most susceptible to getting pregnant.
“We worked to make sure that Cue delivered meaningful Information in a way that can be understood without a medical degree,” says Clint Sever, Cue founder and Chief Product Officer. “The result of this approach is a product that opens up an entirely new world of possibilities for understanding and improving our health.”
Cue will go on sale during the spring of 2015 for $300; pre-orders are currently available for $200.
Via Cue, Gizmag
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