The Challenge
How will we use technology that has not yet been invented to solve problems that don’t yet exist yet? Specifically, how will technology address future problems as more people live longer and who want to live on their own terms?
The Solution
Using a creative Innovation Storytelling approach, the team produced the four (4) The Near Future films to inspire innovators to create technologies and experiences supported by the broadband network. This film, A New Future – A Better Place, focuses on the role of networks to enable a future where people can easily age in place. New technology envisioned and shared in the film provides a platform that allows the aging population to lead independent lives longer than ever before.
Innovation In The Film
Some technologies that were introduced in the film are:
Smart Drugs/Meds
Drugs are monitored and released in controlled amounts in the bloodstream, optimizing the exact time and dosage. An ingestible pill capsule containing a microchip is swallowed, and afterwards, the microchip transmits a signal to an external electronic device that alerts a drug center where the effects are monitored. The pill does not require a battery as it is powered by short bursts of low-voltage charge sent by the external device.
Portable Brain Scans
An advanced MRI system probes the microstructure of the brain with extremely high resolution, making 10,000x zoom possible. This makes early detection of chemical/degenerative issues in the brain much easier. Medical scanners are used to study diseases ranging from strokes, aneurisms, to Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, as well as depression. Big data helps doctors to analyze the millions of neurons in question and to verify their conclusions.
Nano Surgery
Nanobots injected into a patient’s bloodstream treat disease with much greater accuracy and efficiency, making cancer, aneurisms, and other related treatments and recovery more comfortable. Microscopic robots, small enough to enter living cells, recognize affected areas, and deliver treatment directly to the source. Nanobots can use retractable needles, distinguish between healthy and diseased cells, and are powered without batteries using electromagnetic impulses.
Remote Diagnostics
Mobile services allow physicians to monitor patient status information from anywhere in real time. The technology platform taps into the hospital system and provides waveform data sets such as heartbeat, vital signs, and imaging data via a secure connection between the hospital and doctor.
Intelligent Virtual Agent Hospital Interface
The AI Agent provides an interface for conversational AI technology and can be interacted via robotics, mobile devices, VR/AR, a video wall, or holographic. The AI Agent is an in-home companion that provides social interaction, around the clock monitoring, and it interfaces with the complex system of care at the hospital. The agent is personal, fully knowledgeable about the patient’s treatments, needs, and temperaments, and strikes a balance between the needed professionalism of the hospital and the comfort of the home.
Sensory Body Reading
Wireless, water-resistant sensors stick to a patient’s chest, monitoring heart rate, respiratory rate, bodily fluids, and overall activity. Data is analyzed to predict when a patient is on the verge of heart failure or other detectable ailments by comparing trends in his or her vital signs.
Networked Healthcare and Smart Cities
Shared patient data between the home, hospital, and other care facilities give every healthcare worker a fully informed and complete profile of each patient. Sensors in the city infrastructure monitor dust, pollen, and pollution levels, and patients consult this data to make the best daily health decisions. For those aging in place, in-home sensor alerts help safety-related situations such as when a door is left open, or a stove is overheating.
Innovation Storytelling
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