Keeping healthy is not just about remaining active, having routine health check-ups, and eating a well-balanced diet. It is all about what you do on a daily basis, from when you arise to when you turn in for the night. It is about the environment you live in, and the day-to-day routines you likely do not think twice about.

 

Here’s the good news: as technology starts infiltrating all aspects of our lives, it is becoming simpler to optimize our daily rituals and living spaces to make sure that everything works towards precisely the same goal: ensuring you – as well as your loved ones – will live fulfilled, independent, long, healthy, and happy lives.

 

From current gadgets to future technology, find out how future homes will keep you healthier than ever before.

 

Family life

 

Clever clothing that reacts to conditions

 

Appropriately dressing for weather conditions may not be a concern down the line as fabric technology improves. Future fabric might have built-in features allowing it to react to weather changes.

 

Imagine tee-shirts that provide increased ultraviolet protection as the sun grows stronger, or fabric which is able to keep you cool or warm by adjusting how much warmth it lets out. Also, smart fabrics could keep track of your water loss and temperature, and even analyze your DNA or sweat to provide early medical condition warnings.

 

Emotionally intelligent stereo and television

 

Every aspect of our lives, in the future, will be assessable, quantifiable and trackable.  The number of hours spent listening to music and watching television may be tracked – and crucially, exactly what we are watching and listening to, as well as how it impacts our emotional health.

 

From that point it isn’t a big step to imagine your entertainment system assessing your mood, asking you how you want to feel then selecting a suitable piece of music or film.

 

Smoke detector detecting much more than smoke

 

Many houses already contain carbon monoxide monitors and smoke detectors that are able to warn you if they detect harmful levels of certain gases; however, the latest technologies go one step further.

 

They are able to let you know precisely where they detect an issue and alert you of, for instance, pollen levels, if you suffer with hay fever, and even alert you of any forthcoming weather conditions in order for you to ensure that you get dressed appropriately that morning.

 

Inside the kitchen

 

Technology that, at one time, took up entire rooms have been miniaturized; therefore, it now is possible to scan nearly anything and discover its molecular composition.

 

It will be possible to scan a biscuit to figure out if it has something you are allergic to, scan an avocado to figure out when it is ripe, or a couple of apples to discover which one is sweeter. Technology like that will become more widespread, which makes it simpler to make healthier choices about food, and self-test your own body samples.

 

Fryers requiring almost no oil

 

Now, even your kitchen appliances go the extra mile to maintain your health. For example, the Avance Collection Airfryer that allows you to cook food you love within a healthier way, without compromising on taste. It requires no or little added oil, and rapidly swirls hot air throughout the cooking basket, which results in evenly cooked food with as much as 80% less fat than conventional Philips fryers.

 

Then there’s the Innergizer blender, made to assist you in boosting your consumption of vegetables and fruit, with technology which assists in ensuring that you receive as much nutrition as you can from your smoothie. Plus, the Avance Centrifugal Juicer will make it even more convenient to make homemade, healthy juices, ensuring that you receive your 5 – and more – per day.

 

Refrigerator keeping you healthy

 

Internet-enabled, smart refrigerators have been around for years. However, as time passes, they’ll become more and more slick. They are basically programmed to sense what types of products are being stored inside of them, and track stock. It has been done in numerous ways, from barcode scanning to just taking product images.

 

In the future they ought to have the ability to send you notifications that allow you to know when food is going off, automatically order food that’s running low, recommend a nutritionally balanced meal based upon what is inside, and even one which perfectly syncs with your weight-loss goals and activity levels.

 

Elderly care

 

Encouraging independence with peace of mind. That’s the thinking behind the HomeSafe Auto Alert System by Philips, which utilizes a waterproof help button pendant which automatically cause the alarm to trigger if it senses a fall; however, also can be user activated.

 

Medicine bottle senses when it is used

 

All of us know that medication only works when you remember to consume the proper amount at the proper time. Therefore, connected or ‘smart’ medication dispensers that send reminders to a phone when you are supposed to be taking your medication will calculate how many you have consumed and share those details with your healthcare provider, could have a positive effect on efficacy. It’ll benefit caregivers – yet also concerned family members, wanting to know that Grandma or Dad is taking the medication they need.

 

Carebot which assists people in staying independent

 

With an ageing population, it’s becoming more and more important to create ways to ensure that seniors may live independently and safely for as long as they can. Among the biggest problems is oftentimes lack of mobility, with seniors not having the ability to move around or get themselves out of bed.

 

In Japan, in which 20% of the population is over the age of 65, they’ve looking to carebots – robots especially made to help seniors – to shoulder the burden. The carebots may range from life-sized humanoid bots able to lift patients, or help them to walk, to furniture which transforms from a bed into a wheelchair, and mobile servants which are able to carry and fetch things from room to room.

 

Inside the bedroom

 

Air purifier that screens viruses out

 

Viruses, bacteria, and allergens in your home may lead to health problems, which is the reason why the latest generation of domestic air purifiers utilize professional-grade sensors that monitor particle levels in the air and automatically adjust in order to ensure continuous air cleanliness.

 

Depending upon your needs, it’s possible to set the Philips Air Purifier 2000 to allergen, general, or bacteria and virus, safely knowing that it has the ability to filter particles out that are 2,500 times smaller than a human hair’s diameter, as well as up to 99.9% of airborne bacteria and viruses.

 

Breathing mask tracking sleep patterns

 

OSA (obstructive sleep apnoea) is a condition where the throat walls narrow and relax while sleeping, disrupting normal breathing, oftentimes resulting in broken sleep and snoring. Masks connected with machines that produce pressurized air in order to prevent the airway from closing have been available for quite some time, yet the ultra-lightweight DreamWear is much less obtrusive, and permits more flexible sleeping positions than a traditional mask.

 

It’ll work with the DreamStation machine that wirelessly connects to the DreamMapper app, which allows patients to track their use of therapy, in order for them to check how they’re progressing – and share the details with their sleep provider.

 

Baby monitor keeps a close eye on health

 

For decades parents have been keeping track of their infants’ activity and health; however, the newest technologies enable you to connect several aspects of your youngster’s care with an ear thermometer and a smart baby monitor linked with the uGrow mobile phone application, assisting you in identifying problems and patterns.

 

For a more comprehensive childcare approach, the Philips Air Purifier 1000i and Hue light system series now can also link with the app and help you to adjust the light to create a calm environment, and consistently check the air quality in your infant’s room.

 

Inside the bathroom

 

Mirror evaluating your health

 

According to experts, in the future the mirror in your bathroom will be able to do a mini health check on you. It’ll utilize face recognition technology that picks up subtle cues regarding your mental state, while at the same time, measuring the oxygen levels in your blood and breathing rate. It isn’t inconceivable that it’ll recommend which skincare you should use that day based upon what your skin appears like, and additionally evaluate your body shape, as well as make recommendations on your health.

 

Scales knowing how fit you are

 

Taking trackers and wearables to the next level, the most recent personal health programs by Philips utilize joined-up thinking that unites numerous variables. The Body Analysis scales by Philips not just keep track of your weight, yet also assess your body mass index and body fat percentage, while routine blood pressure and temperature readings from the Philips wrist monitor and thermometer keep track of other health aspects.

 

All that feeds into the HealthSuite application and, along with the information your Philips Health Watch picks up – your vital signs, which includes ongoing heart rate monitoring, your levels of nutrition, activity, and sleep patterns – provides you a full picture of your health, where things are not working, and what you should do to fix them.

 

Registered as a medical device, it’ll help people accomplish personal health goals and is for those at risk of certain conditions and desire to do something about it, like lower cholesterol and blood pressure levels or lose weight.

 

Smart toothbrush which communicates with your dental professional

 

The most recent electrical toothbrush technology, like the Philips Sonicare, connects sensors inside the brush head with an application on your phone, which gives you real-time, personalized insight on your brushing method. The Smart Sensors track all things from whether you are missing areas to whether you are brushing too hard and risking damage to the gums. This app allows you to keep track of your progress, share the details with the dentist, and even can tell you when you should change the brush head.

 

For the ones who know they need to floss yet don’t regularly do it, there is the Airfloss — rather like a jet wash for the spaces in between the teeth that brushing does not always manage to perfectly clean. A reservoir is filled up with mouthwash or water and the targeted tip gets positioned between your teeth, then a burst of water and air blasts plaque away. Proven to extract 5 times more plaque than while brushing using a manual toothbrush alone, it’ll take only 30 seconds and has been demonstrated to improve gum health in a mere 2 weeks.

 

Tongue cleaning is a critical part of mouth care – 80% of bad breath stems from odor-producing bacteria on your tongue – therefore, Philips made a unique spray and tongue brush for using with a Sonicare toothbrush that ensures ultra-fresh breath. To check that it is working, Breath Care is available from your dental professional. The portable breath analyzer measures oral bacterial by-products then sends the details through Bluetooth to an application that shows the results and recommends advice.

 

Toilet which can assess its contents

 

Ultimately, everything that enters our bodies will be assessed for its calorific value and nutritional content. How we expend these calories also will be tracked and what comes out also will be analyzed.

 

Children’s toothbrush encouraging better brushing

 

With the goals of making toothbrushing less of a battle, Philips has engineered the Sonicare for Kids, a toothbrush which utilizes all of Sonicare’s state-of-the-art technology along with a connected application encouraging kids with their day-to-day brushing regimen.

 

A character referred to as Sparkly assists in making the app an interactive and engaging experience which feeds into a 3-month coaching plan that helps kids develop healthy habits which last a lifetime. Of parents who utilized the app and toothbrush for their kids, 98% said it was more convenient than ever to get children to brush better, and for a longer period of time.

 

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