Smartwatches can monitor skin temperature and offer warnings
2020 has been a totally crazy year, there’s no doubt about it, and now that 2021 is just around the corner, we can finally look back, see what we did wrong, and figure out a way to do things better in the future. The pandemic has taught us a lot of things, and one of them is to better be prepared for even the simplest things. Who would have thought that a tiny little thing like a mask would eventually divide the world into two parts or that staying away from other people would be a way to actually show we love them? The technology world has always helped us deal with difficult moments, and when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic, I can’t help but imagine a million other ways the devices we carry with us 24/7 would be able to keep us protected. Let’s take smartwatches, for example. Some of them are already able to measure the body temperature, so how come we didn’t use them during these awful times? Not to take them for granted, but to actually be warned that something might not be alright. I get it, playing the safe card is always the best way to go because obviously, nobody wants to give you a fake alert for something that’s not accurate, but on the other hand, how is a high-temperature notification different from a warning that you need to see a doctor for potential heart problems? As said, some of the smartwatches out there can already measure the body temperature, and I’ve seen plenty of people checking out the data every once in a while, just to make sure they didn’t get the virus.
