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Ever since I was young, spelling and grammar have not been my strong points. Although it improved somewhat in high school, I still made a lot of mistakes. Even now, especially in English, which is a foreign language for me, I continue to make errors. At the educational and professional level I am currently at, spelling and grammar mistakes are unacceptable. Presenting your thoughts and ideas in a clear manner enhances the impact of the message.

Of course, word processing and other software already have built-in spelling and grammar checkers, which have been a huge help for me. However, Grammarly really takes creating polished pieces of text to another level. It doesn’t write the text for you, but it suggests improvements to your writing. This not only makes it more accurate, but also easier to read for your audience.

I have used this tool a lot during my internship. This AI-powered grammar tool has a built-in menu where you can choose the style of your text, such as formal or informal, and then it suggests improvements for the accuracy and readability of your text. It even provides your text with a score on different parameters like correctness, clarity, engagement, and delivery.

To me, this AI-powered tool is already of very high quality. It has a freemium system, offering both a free version and a pro version that can be downloaded as an extension for Docs, Chrome, etc., or used on the site itself. The only area for improvement for this AI tool is that it lacks understanding of the context of the text and doesn’t always suggest improvements that align with your objective.

If grammar and spelling are not your strong suits, I highly recommend giving it a try!

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“3.8 billion people on the planet have a smartphone, but if you pair that with a $50 smartwatch you’d have a health monitoring system for 3.8 billion people. I think we’re just at the tip of the iceberg on what’s possible.” – Stanford School of Medicine PhD professor Michael Snyder.

In recent years, I have experimented with fitness and sleep trackers, such as the Oura Ring, Fitbit, and Apple Watch, and I eventually ended up with a “Whoop”. These AI algorithm-equipped devices continuously monitor vital signs, sleep patterns, and activity levels.

My experience with this device has been nothing short of incredible. The AI algorithm calculates many metrics such as my recovery, strain, and sleep performance. After a couple of months of tracking these metrics, I started to notice that I could predict whether I would perform well in my soccer games, during my studies, and how I would feel overall.

This made me think: isn’t it possible to also detect diseases before they happen using these devices? It turns out they can. Professor Michael Snyder’s research showed that the Oura Ring, combined with an AI model, could detect Covid-19 three days before symptoms, with over 90% accuracy. Michael even detected his own Lyme disease. “Basically my heart rate went up and my blood oxygen dropped before I was symptomatic,” he says (Redman, 2023).

But why don’t any of these devices have a medical diagnosis button which will turn red when you’re getting sick? Well, this probably has to do with complexity, regulation, and ethics. As technology and AI algorithms keep improving, I am hopeful that sickness prediction could become a common feature. And we will prev-ai-ent, instead of cure.

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Stanford Healthcare Innovation Team & Michael Snyder. (z.d.). CBS News Interviews Michael Snyder About Our Wearables Research Study and Self-Tracking Your Health Data. | Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab. https://innovations.stanford.edu/covid-19/cbs-news-interviews-michael-snyder-about-wearables/.

Redman, J. (2023, 1 juni). Can a Fitness or Sleep Tracker Tell If You’re Sick? Wirecutter: Reviews For The Real World. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/fitness-sleep-tracker-sick/.