Formativ Health

RapidSOS integrates with Google's Android devices, Northwell to pilot Kite Medical's wearable sensors, and more digital health deals

By Dave Muoio 07:22 am September 20, 2018

RapidSOS’ latest deal with Google will allow emergency communication centers using RapidSOS’ platform to more quickly and accurately pinpoint Android users’ location when they dial 911. Specifically, the system will utilize Android Emergency Location Service (ELS), a feature supported on 99 percent of Android devices, and comes after a January pilot conducted by the two companies. "Emergency...

Startup adds air quality sensors to Google vehicles, app-assisted musical instruments analyze samples, and more digital health news briefs

By Dave Muoio 01:31 pm September 13, 2018

Google Street Breathe? San Francisco-based startup Aclima has announced plans to outfit Google’s fleet of camera-sporting Street View vehicles with mobile air quality and climate emissions sensors. According to the company, all of the data collected using the new system will be aggregated and made available as a public dataset on Google BigQuery. The companies are planning an initial rollout of...