13 August 2014 – “BBC Technology”

Michael J Fox Foundation Tests Sensors to Track Parkinson’s. The Michael J Fox Foundation has teamed up with Intel to equip patients with smart watches. The watches allow more than 300 data points on the patients’ body statistics to be recorded every second. For example, the device is equipped with an accelerometer to measure tremors, a prominent symptom of the disease. An accompanying app is scheduled to be released in conjunction with the watches that will help doctors study the effects of different medications on the patients.