Wearable technology will be replaced by implantable technology in the future, according to a tech expert.
Chris Cooke, IT director of Warrington-based app development company Appitized, told a 老九品茶Cloud Big Data conference that he expects devices to evolve as the Internet of Things grows exponentially.
鈥淕oing forward into the future with wearables and collecting data, I think implantable tech is the best thing we can do rather than wearables,鈥� he said.
鈥淚 can see a world 20 or 30 years ahead when you can implant a device into someone and that鈥檚 constantly collecting data.鈥�
Around 40 per cent of Appitized鈥檚 work comes from the public sector and the company has worked for a range of companies, including聽Reebok, EY, Cabinet Office and NHS.
One of its biggest successes has been the Pocket Midwife app, which came about as a result of a collaboration with Nottingham University Hospitals to develop the first free UK maternity app.
鈥淭he Pocket Midwife app has been downloaded by over 10,000 expectant mothers and their partners in the Nottingham area,鈥� said Cooke.
鈥淗owever we have also had downloads from over 100 different countries. It has won around eight awards.
鈥淐urrently we are only taking analytics data for usage such as screen views, time on screens from a development and marketing perspective.鈥�
We reported last week how聽a system has been developed to review the 165,000 healthcare apps available on Android and iPhone for their effectiveness to both patients and clinicians.
Cooke聽said the potential going forward was enormous.
鈥淚f you take cancer as an example, 90 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer at the earliest stage survive their disease for at least five years compared to around 15 per cent for women diagnosed with the most advanced stage of disease.
鈥淚f data was being collected yearly via blood tests, (even to start with just the high risk patients) it could provide to be hugely successful.
鈥淐ancer costs the NHS 拢5 billion per year so there are some massive gains to be had.鈥�
GlaxoSmithKline recently partnered with Google鈥檚 Verity Life Sciences to explore the production of miniature implants capable of treating chronic diseases.