On day 5 of FutureMed, I got a chance to present my story about crowdsourcing medicine through social media.

Also see Medgadget and the Futuremed Magazine for recaps. And here is day 1, day 2, day 3 and day 4. Here are some interesting insights.

Linda Stone warned us that if we use digital technologies too much, it might lead to the so-called e-mail apnea. She was right, with a better posture, we can breathe easily. She also said the quantified self technology serves as a prosthetic for feelings.

There are now tablets that cost 35 USD!

The demonstration of Google Glasses was great, but when the speaker wanted to show how it can show him search results by voice control, he only said right, now he can see the results. It is going to be an open platform that can be easily programmed. I can imagine travel agents in…