Coincidence — or not — 1492 was one of the most important years for Europe and America. This is what Jeff Bezos must have thought giving this name to the secret laboratory in which Amazon It has been immersed for a while.
Those of Jeff Bezos are already in the electronic book sector; within the online commerce sector; they sell products of all kinds - they recently joined forces with the DIA chain to offer a supermarket - and they have also jumped on the bandwagon of video services in streaming. However, for some time, Amazon seems ready to enter the healthcare sector strongly. And the laboratory in front is known as '1492'.
As the CNBC channel, Amazon would be studying the possibility of offering medical data recording services - something like what it offers the Catalan company Atomian to FC Barcelona—. Also, other sectors in which the online giant could enter is known as 'Telemedicine'. Where is this? Well it would be a way to facilitate patient-doctor consultations. That is, the visits would be carried out through a platform that Amazon would design. It is obvious, we are always talking about a non-face visit.
On the other hand, just like iRobot wants commercialize the data achieved by Roomba vacuuming robots to companies such as Google, Apple or Amazon to offer better services, Amazon would also be studying the possibility of applications based on the health sector and that equipment such as its Amazon Echo smart speaker take advantage of it.
Finally, the pharmaceutical sector is not escaping the clutches of the Bezos company either. Y It would also be one of the points to take into account in this secret laboratory 1492. Currently the company already offers medical instrumentation and some products through its portal (always speaking of the US market). However, Amazon have not confirmed - or denied - the existence of this division.