The U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) and Philips have announced the procurement of ten million dollars in funding to expand the AI wellness tool Rapid Assessment of Threat Exposure (RATE).
RATE is an AI algorithm that works with any off-the-shelf wearable such as Garmin watches and Oura rings, to detect possible infection. Research shows that the RATE algorithm can effectively detect infection as early as six days prior to diagnostic testing by measuring 164 different biomarkers in the body.
The Air Force First Sergeants who are responsible for overall squadron health and wellness will be among the first in this new cohort to receive some of the 4,500 new devices that will be added to the study.
As the Philips-DIU team continues to prove the new dataflow, they also aim to add three new wearable devices to the RATE inventory.
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