A PRESCRIPTION FOR GAMING

With technology evolving at hyperspeed and automation replacing most aspects of life, it was only a matter of time before the digitisation wave hit the medical industry. While robotics and telemedicine have already become commonplace, doctors are finding new and innovative ways to administer medicine to their patients. Among the many modern ways that doctors have adapted to, digital therapeutics seems to be one of the most promising branches of healthcare technology.

- Advait Berde

HISTORY: Videogames being harmful to health and a bad influence on the minds of children has been a longstanding global notion. However, with digital therapeutics, the medical industry seems to be keen on changing that viewpoint. At the forefront of this innovation is American Akili interactive. It has created a proprietary technology platform that represents an entirely new category of medicine. Its products are designed to deliver sensory and motor stimuli to selectively target and activate specific cognitive neural systems in the brain.