Technology has taken part of everything we do in our daily lives, it affects almost everything we use from communication to even the way we think., it helps society and even determines how people interact with each other. Not long ago, a man in California almost lost his life, after he fell off an electric bike but thanks to his apple watch he survived death.
At around 1:30 a.m. in Hermosa beach on January the 22nd, officers responded to a 911 emergency call, after the gadget altered them that ‘the owner of this watch has taken a hard fall’ when officers reached the destination they found the man laying on the ground unconscious.
When people hear about this incident people tend to have multiple questions in mind; how did the apple watch know what happened exactly? In what way was it able to contact 911? is it that advanced?
Apple Watch is so smart it has a feature Called ‘fall detection’ it can determine when the bearer had a sudden fall using its gyroscope and accelerometer. When the owner is immobile for about a minute, it will make an emergency call automatically, then when the call ends, the watch sends a message to your emergency contacts with your location to let them know that you are in critical condition.
That’s exactly what happened in this case. When the officers arrived at the location they found the man laying on the ground bleeding from his head and they were able to provide limited care on the scene, then transported him to a local hospital for additional medical treatment. After a few days later the man was released and thanks to his apple watch he will continue to live on.