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Esinye sezimanga zokwethulwa kokuqala kwe-Apple kulo nyaka kwaba ukwembulwa kwenkundla yocwaningo ResearchKit. Lokhu kuzovumela abasebenzisi ukuthi baqaphe isimo sabo sezempilo (isibonelo, uma kuziwa esifweni senhliziyo, isifuba somoya noma isifo sikashukela) futhi idatha etholiwe izobe isikwazi ukusetshenziswa odokotela nabacwaningi. I-SDK entsha ka-Apple ibonakale ingekho ndawo, nokho, njengoba eveze indaba iseva Fusion, ukuzalwa kwakhe kwandulelwa amalungiselelo amade.

Konke kwaqala ngoSepthemba 2013 enkulumweni kaDkt. UStephen Umngane waseStanford. Udokotela ovelele waseMelika wakhuluma ngalolo suku ngekusasa locwaningo lwezempilo kanye nombono wakhe wokubambisana okuvulekile phakathi kweziguli nabacwaningi. Umgomo bekuwukuba inkundla yefu lapho abantu bengalayisha khona idatha yabo yezempilo futhi odokotela bese beyisebenzisa ocwaningweni lwabo.

Omunye wabalaleli esifundweni sikaFriend naye kwakunguDkt. UMichael O'Reilly, ngaleso sikhathi owayeyisisebenzi esisha sakwa-Apple. Ushiye isikhundla sakhe esiphezulu eMasimo Corporation, eyenza imishini yokuqapha ezokwelashwa. Weza e-Apple ukuze ahlanganise imikhiqizo edumile ngendlela entsha yocwaningo lwezokwelapha. Kodwa akakwazanga ukuphumela obala lokho kuMngani.

"Ngeke ngikutshele ukuthi ngisebenza kuphi futhi angikwazi ukukutshela ukuthi ngenzani, kodwa ngidinga ukukhuluma nawe," kusho u-O'Reilly ngesitayela esijwayelekile se-Apple. Njengoba uStephen Friend ekhumbula, wahlatshwa umxhwele amazwi ka-O'Reilly futhi wavuma umhlangano wokulandelela.

Ngokushesha ngemva kwalowo mhlangano, u-Friend waqala ukuvakashela endlunkulu yakwa-Apple ukuze ahlangane nososayensi nonjiniyela. Inkampani yaqala ukugxila ku-ResearchKit. Umgomo wawuwukwenza ososayensi bakwazi ukwenza izinhlelo zokusebenza ngokuvumelana nemibono yabo ezokwenza umsebenzi wabo ube lula futhi zibalethele idatha entsha.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Apple kuthiwa ayizange iphazamise nakancane ekuthuthukisweni kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ngokwayo, yazinikela kuphela ekulungiseleleni amathuluzi onjiniyela. Ngakho-ke abasebenzi abavela emanyuvesi aseMelika nezinye izikhungo zocwaningo babenokulawula okugcwele kokuthi bazoyithola kanjani idatha yabasebenzisi nokuthi bazoyisingatha kanjani.

Ngisho nangaphambi kokuqala umsebenzi ngaphakathi kwe-ResearchKit, kwadingeka benze isinqumo esibalulekile - ukuthi iyiphi inkampani ababezongenela iphrojekthi efanayo. Ngamazwi akhe, uStephen Friend ekuqaleni wayengawuthandi umqondo we-Cupertino wesofthiwe evulekile (umthombo ovulekile), kodwa ngokuphambene nalokho, waqaphela indlela eqinile ye-Apple yokuvikela idatha yomsebenzisi.

Wayazi ukuthi nge-Google noma i-Microsoft kuzoba nengozi yokuthi ulwazi olubucayi lungangena ezandleni zabasebenzi bezempilo kuphela, kodwa nezinkampani ezizimele zamakhomishini amakhulu. I-Apple, ngakolunye uhlangothi, isivele isho izikhathi eziningana (kuhlanganise nomlomo kaTim Cook) ukuthi abasebenzisi abawona umkhiqizo wayo. Akafuni ukwenza imali ngokuthengisa idatha yokukhangisa noma ezinye izinjongo, kodwa ngokuthengisa ihadiwe nezinsizakalo zesoftware.

Umphumela wemizamo yethimba elizungeze uMichael O'Reilly kanye noStephen Friend (okwamanje) yizinhlelo zokusebenza ezinhlanu ze-iOS. Ngayinye yazo yadalwa esikhungweni sezokwelapha esihlukile futhi ibhekana nezinkinga zenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi, umdlavuza webele, isifo sikaParkinson, isifuba somoya kanye nesifo sikashukela. Izinhlelo zokusebenza sezirekhodiwe izinkulungwane zokubhaliswa kusuka kubasebenzisi, kodwa okwamanje atholakala e-United States kuphela.

Umthombo: Fusion, Ama-MacRumors
Photo: I-Mirella Boot
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