Simband announces SAMI and SimBand two projects related to Health – PianetaCellulare.it

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Written by Simone Ziggiotto, on 28/05/14

The Korean electronics giant has introduced new digital health initiatives during an event in San Francisco titled “Voice of the body.” Samsung has introduced the SAMI platform to collect data on health and contribute to the development of new sensors. Also presented SimBand, a new wearable device to your wrist.

Samsung has a few minutes ended the press conference entitled “Voice of the body” that was held in that of San Francisco. On this occasion, the South Korean manufacturer has introduced a platform founded with the aim to collect data on health and contribute to the development of new sensors that go into products specially developed for the control of the state of people’s health.

The invitation of the society for this event said that the keynote would focus on “a new form of conversation around the future of health.”

In addition to the platform, Samsung has introduced a new wearable device to your wrist, a new smartwatch called SimBand . Samsung has said it is “an experimental device not available for sale”, at least for now.

“Our goal is one day to have sensors that know a lot more of your body,” said Young Sohn, president and chief strategy officer of Samsung.

The software platform, called SAMI , or Samsung Multimodal Architecture Interactions , will have open APIs that allow to outside developers and other partners, including the University of California, San Francisco, to collaborate with Samsung. A bio-digital newspaper aimed at researchers and developers will give them access to highly detailed information on the human body, along with analytical tools, in order to develop new software-based SAMI.

The news is the first major initiative that comes from the new Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center which is located in Silicon Valley. The group – which is a part of the Business Division of Samsung, not Devices division – was formed in Menlo Park, Calif., to create new technologies, develop partnerships and make investments in new hardware. Young Sohn, chief executive of the group, also has the role of president and chief strategy officer of the Korean parent company, Samsung Electronics.

During the training SSIC (acronym of Samsung Group Strategy and Innovation Center), Samsung has also introduced 100 million dollars of investment funds, the Catalyst Fund Samsung to increase its presence in the U.S. market and stimulate innovation in areas related to cloud computing and mobile privacy (mobile security). In February, SCA has announced a partnership with the University of California at San Francisco to create new sensors, algorithms, and digital health technologies for preventive health.

The field of ‘health’ has become a major area of ??interest for many companies in the technology sector. Many manufacturers have introduced gadgets with sensors that can track the status of the health of a person, such as the Gear Fit Samsung or Up24 Jawbone, and countless others are working on smart wearable devices and similar products that do the same. Many companies believe in the ability to collect and process data of a patient’s health in order to prevent any diseases.

Apple, Samsung’s main rival, is also making major investments in health and fitness, and the next generation of the company’s mobile operating system, iOS, 8, natively integrate new applications that will track the health of users: among these apps there will be a program called Healthbook.