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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2020. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Andre ↗
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what we mean by social isolation is really the lack of meaningful connections that you have to yourself or to the people around you
TechTO, Feb 2020 · watch at 0:39 ↗
textiles covers almost a hundred percent of our body you can see right now I'm almost head-to-toe covered in textiles
TechTO, Feb 2020 · watch at 3:25 ↗
what we do here is shift from a reactive model of care to preventive one
TechTO, Feb 2020 · watch at 4:17 ↗
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Quick answers
What did Andre Pires speak about at TechTO?
At TechTO Health in 2020, as a product manager at Myant, he presented 'Improving social connectedness via textiles,' on using biometric-sensing garments to monitor elderly relatives' health and reduce social isolation.
What does Andre Pires do now?
He is a senior product manager at TELUS Health in Canada, working on remote patient monitoring.
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