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Health
(n.)
Healthcare built into everyday consumer products to offer invisible treatment or monitoring.
Nobody complimenting her pearl earrings guesses they're stealthcare, tuned to reduce ambient restaurant noise into a soft murmur.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
The stealth refers to these devices appearing “normal,” and so not betraying your condition such as the glasses that transcribe conversations for the hard-of-hearing, or the watch that’s a heart monitor. The devices themselves are often anything but stealthy: beautifully designed, and worn conspicuously.
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