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  • Emotionally reactive avatars treat patients at home

    http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514881/the-avatar-will-see-you-now/ Remote monitoring systems are increasing able to capture a patient’s state of mind and body. Using Sense.ly’s platform, patients can communicate their condition to an emotionally reactive avatar through their phone, desktop, or TV. The avatar asks the patient simple questions, and if programmed by a doctor, it can also answer questions—such as what…

  • Sensor and smartphone based baby monitor

    http://medcitynews.com/2013/06/sensors-and-smartphones-bring-the-baby-monitor-into-2013/ Sensible Baby’s “Smart One”  is a small, round sensor worn inside a newborn’s onesie. It constantly measures a baby’s temperature, position and chest movement, and sends the data to a smartphone app once per second.  Parents can program their app to set off an alert when the baby isn’t moving, reaches a temperature above a…

  • Non-invasive diabetes monitoring through breath analysis

    http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/diabetes-breathalyzer University of Pittsburgh professor Alexander Star, Dan Sorescu of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and graduate student Mengning Ding have demonstrated sensor technology that could simplify the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes through breath analysis alone. The researchers used a “sol-gel approach,” a method for using small molecules (often on a nanoscale level) to produce solid materials.…

  • Thought-controlled flying robot

    http://www.livescience.com/27849-mind-controlled-devices-brain-awareness-nsf.html University of Minnesota researchers led by Professor Bin He have been able to control a small helicopter using only their minds, pushing the potential of technology that could help paralyzed or motion-impaired people interact with the world around them. An EEG cap with 64 electrodes was put on head of the person controlling the helicopter.…

  • mHealth timeline, 2009 – 2013

    http://mobihealthnews.com/22674/timeline-smartphone-enabled-health-devices/ Sensors are becoming smaller, smarter, and more ubiquitous,  and have transformed the way we monitor our health.  Attached is a timeline of health and fitness apps from 2009 through today, providing an interesting look at the development of the mHealth market.

  • Bio-integrated electronic tattoo measures vital signs and muscle movement

    http://www.utexas.edu/know/2013/06/07/high-tech-tattoos-health-care-solutions/ Professor Nanshu Lu at The University of Texas is developing the next-generation of flexible/stretchable electronics, photonics and therapeutics.  Pioneered by John Rogers at the University of Illionois, flexible skin “tattoos” measure vital signs and muscle movement, transmitting data wirelessly and harvesting solar energy. Future versions may play critical roles inside the body in watching for signs of…

  • Machine learning in the ICU

    http://www.technologyreview.com/news/515461/machine-learning-and-risk-prediction-in-the-icu/ Etiometry is building a clinical-decision support system to interpret large volumes of real-time patient data and guide diagnosis and treatment.  It integrates and analyzes information from heart monitors, ventilators, and pressure sensors and plugs the data into predictive models that have been built on prior patient outcomes.

  • Medical device data shared via ultrasound, real-time treatment enabled

    http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2013/05/0570.html Navy sonar technology is being miniaturized by University at Buffalo professor Tommaso Melodia to be applied inside the human body to treat diseases like diabetes and heart failure in real time. A network of wireless body sensors that use ultrasounds could be used to wirelessly share information between medical devices implanted in or worn by diabetic/heart failure patients. Previously, researchers focused…

  • Fiber optic device for lung disease detection

    http://www.cir.ed.ac.uk/news/multidisciplinary-optical-imaging-team-awarded-£115m Researchers at the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University and the University of Bath have developed a fiber-optic device to detect potentially fatal lung conditions in intensive care patients.   Its sensors will also continuously monitor blood in critically ill adults and babies with out the need for blood sampling. The microscopic probe will detect and monitor…

  • Nerve and muscle interfaces for prosthetic control

    http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/05/30.aspx DARPA continues to build technology with academic partners to enable amputees to control prosthetic limbs with their minds.  Examples follow: Researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago demonstrated a type of peripheral interface called targeted muscle re-innervation (TMR). By rewiring nerves from amputated limbs, new interfaces allow for prosthetic control with existing muscles. Researchers…

  • Sensors detect flu in feverless patients

    http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201306010011 Professor Takemi Matsui of Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed a sensor based system to determine if a person is infected with the flu.  It combines thermography to monitor facial temperature, an optical sensor to count pulse rates, and microwave radar to measure respiratory rates. Test subjects must place the palms of their hands on a…

  • Mobile phone microphones as health sensors

    http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21578518-sensor-technology-microphones-are-designed-capture-sound-they-turn-out The Economist’s Technology Quarterly describes how mobile phone microphones are being used as versatile sensors with myriad health applications.  Examples follow: 1. Professor Tanzeem Choudhury of Cornell has created StressSense to capture and analyze voice characteristics such as amplitude and frequency. Her team concluded that “it is feasible to implement a computationally demanding stress-classification system…

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