Here’s a list of the most notable hires.
- Kevin Lynch: former Adobe CTO, directing Apple’s software engineering group for wearable products
- Jay Blahnik: worked with Nike on the FuelBand, renowned fitness expert
- Roy Raymann: former Philips scientist, sleep and activity monitoring expert
- Paul Deneve: former Yves Saint Laurent CEO, fashion expert with experience in selling high-end goods
- Angela Ahrendts: former Burberry CEO, joining Apple as SVP of retail this spring
- Ben Shaffer: former Studio Director of Nike’s R/D program, also worked on the FuelBand
- Ueyn Block: former director of engineering at C8 MediSensor, medical device expert, scientist
- Nancy Dougherty: hardware engineer for Sano Intelligence, medical device expert
- Todd Whitehurst: worked at Senseonics as VP of hardware engineering, oversaw wearable project
- Michael O’Reilly: former chief medical officer for Masimo, doctor, medical device expert
- Ravi Narashamian: former engineer in R&D at Vital Connect, Inc., expert in biosensors
These health and fitness tracking features are said to work in conjunction with a new application in iOS 8 aptly named Healthbook which is similar to Passbook, the app will feature a stack of cards that each offer a fitness tracking or health data point.Apple is working hard on this project and "iwatch" is surely the product that people will look forward to in the future.
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