EP #504: Design is medicine with Juhan Sonin of Involution Studios

Think about all the opportunities that happen during your day where health data could be collected. We already monitor how we sleep, the number of steps we walk, the air quality, the food we eat, the amount of exercise we get, our weight, etc. The thing about all of these is that they require human input or initiative. We have to strap something on, punch something in or stand on something and, as Juhan Sonin of Involution Studios demonstrates in this episode, humans are quite often the problem.   The challenges of building for the health industry are many but there is tremendous opportunity for innovation and disruption that is literally in our house or car. How? Sensors. Not the generation of sensors worn on wrists but the idea that everything we interact with - a sink, a toilet, a shower, a car seat, a bed or even a bath matt - could help us make decisions that will lead to a healthier and longer life.   This conversation is insanely great and so relevant to the wearable, Internet of Things and mobile world. So much so that it intersects at a point where there is so much change happening and so much innovation and so much disruption that entrepreneurs should be salivating at what is to come.   I saw Juhan speak at UXCamp Ottawa in the fall and knew he would bend minds on UNTETHER.tv and he will do just that to you. Money back guarantee. Just watch and enjoy.   Full show notes can be found here: http://untether.tv/2014/ep-504-design-is-medicine-with-juhan-sonin-of-involution-studios/