“Apple is moving to expand its personnel working on wearable computers and medical-sensor-laden devices by hiring more scientists and specialists in the medical sensor field,” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac.
“Apple began work in earnest on a watch-like device late last decade, and it has worked with increasing efficiency and more dedicated resources on the project over the past couple of years,” Gurman reports. “Last year, we published an extensive profile that indicated Apple has hired several scientists, engineers, and managers in the field of biomedical technologies, glucose sensors, and general fitness devices.”
“Over the past couple of months, Apple has been seeking even more engineering prowess to work on products with medical sensors,” Gurman reports. “Apple has hired away Nancy Dougherty from startup Sano Intelligence and Ravi Narasimhan from general medical devices firm Vital Connect.”
Read more in the full article here.
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The project is already years into it’s development life. Apple is simply hiring support personnel.
If you read the article, it says that Apple is hiring scientists, engineers, & managers. Last time I checked, those are not support personnel.
Apple is clearly hiring research and development experts in the field.