Gadgetory

it's getting easier for doctors to track your health with iPhone apps I'm Bridget Carey this is your CNET update Apple is getting more involved in your health care the company created a software platform for apps to share your medical information with a doctor it's called care kit and four apps have just been updated to take advantage of this there's an app called start it helps you track if your medication for depression is working there's an app called one drop it helps those with diabetes try glucose food and medications and activity data it also syncs data with Bluetooth monitors and there's another app that I've been using for several months already it's called glow nurture and it's for logging your habits during pregnancy and to be honest I've never really cared to use this to log my weight and my blood pressure but it would be helpful if my doctor could just plug in that info during my visits and I could supplement the data once in a while usually the only benefit to pregnancy apps is that they tell you how big your baby's getting every week comparing the baby size to fruits and vegetables apparently today my baby is the size of a small spaghetti squash but I don't know what that is I have to translate this into gadgets speak so at 18 inches my baby is about the length of a samsung galaxy view tablet and at 5.3 pounds that comes out to about three surface pros okay well back to care kit there's another one called glow baby and that can help track my infant's growth and feeding schedules eventually but it's not just for me unless I can find a pediatrician that is set up to monitor this data and that's gonna be the biggest challenge for Apple I mean some doctors can't even get switched properly to electronic records much less be ready to adopt a care kit but if doctors don't upgrade maybe some fitness apps could use care kit to send data to personal trainers meanwhile for those that could care less about physical activity there is some virtual reality news Samsung announced that it is working on creating its own VR headset and this would be able to sense how you're moving in the virtual space right now Samsung does have the gear VR it created that with the help of oculus and it's powered by a smart inside the visor but during a presentation a Samsung executive said that in three years you could have technology like a holodeck experience where you can interact with objects well at least someone's working on making my Star Trek dreams come true that's all for this technique is round up you can head to cnet.com for the latest from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey and programs