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5Deka in the news

Written by administrator on Friday, 23 May 2014 10:22

Just over a week ago, on May 14th, 5Deka was presenting to the Réseau Action TI group in Chicoutimi. As usual, the attendees were impressed extremely interested in what we had to say. Our presentation covered in general the mega trends of the next 50 years with a strong focus on the future of healthcare. Reactions overall were very positive and we had a few pieces of coverage in the newspapers, one can be seen here (French only).

Technology - Part of the future of medecine

Written by administrator on Friday, 24 January 2014 17:23

We've been talking about changes in healthcare and how technology will help improve our lives. In a few occasions, we have forecasted that one day, an ambulance will stop in the street next to a seemingly healthy individual, picking them up to bring them to the hospital as something is about to go wrong with them. This video shows a range of technology that are available today that will make healthcare much more efficient over the coming years. If your doctor isn't using any of these tools yet, you should encourage them to do so!

Laboratory grown Kidneys

Written by administrator on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 17:26

There has been more and more press (and TED presentations) about growing organs to use in transplants. The lack of available organs represents a significant cause of death worldwide and, for the ones who get a transplant, it means taking drugs for the rest of their lives to ensure their body doesn't reject the organ.

So the thoughts of growing organs, based on the recipient body cells, might sound far fetched, but has great potential to eliminate this shortage of organs while avoiding most of the potential side effects. This article from the BBC explains the improvements in growing a kidney in a laboratory (one of the most sought after organ for transplants) and where it might be headed in a few years.

Sensor innovations - What's coming in the next few years

Written by administrator on Monday, 15 April 2013 09:49

For the past few years, we have been strong believers of sensors being used for health monitoring. Both of us (Réjean and Olivier) have been using different sensors, and we have dedicated an important part of our prediction to those. It is thus very satisfying to read the latest article of Bionic.ly, which list 10 start-ups working on this field. From patches that communicate to your smartphone about your glucose levels, to underwears that track your heart rate. It is also interesting to see that even though a few of those start-ups are working primarly with the military, many of them went straight in developing tools for consumers (Withing is the most obvious one).

Have a look at the entire list in the article, the future is exciting!

2020: Wireless high speed will enhance human management...

Written by administrator on Thursday, 31 January 2013 18:29

This might be a bit far-fetched, but hear us out first. The article referenced below gives a quick idea of how technology is used to track animals around a farm, improving the productivity and improving their well-being. We wouldn't consider humans as cattle, but the ability to track wirelessly in real-time the well-being of a person has a lot of potential benefits. As we mentioned before in some of our other articles, imagine the ambulance pulling by you as you walk down the street, letting you know that you should go with them to the hospital as you're at risk of a serious health problem in the next few hours/days. Of course, this would have to be done with the permission of the person being tracked, but for a healthier life, it might be worth it.

At least, we don't see the cows complaining of this so far, here's the full article.