Category: Conference
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“Mixed Reality” headset could support surgery, rehab, learning
Magic Leap has unveiled its “mixed reality” headset, where virtual objects are integrated into the real world. In addition to obvious gaming and entertainment applications, the system could be used in healthcare (including in surgery, surgery preparation, and orthopedic rehabilitation) and education. The company remains vague in its description of its technology, but head and…
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Wrist-worn wearable detects Atrial Fibrillation, sends alerts
AliveCor is known for its FDA approved mobile EKG, which attaches to a phone or tablet. The company has just announced Kardia – an Apple Watch band that, when a sensor is pressed and paired with an app, can provide and accurate EKG, incorporate a user’s spoken symptoms into its analysis, and share data. AliveCor said that…
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Injectable nanotech device continuously monitors glucose
Kyungsuk Yum at the University of Texas is developing an internal, nanoscale device to continuously analyze blood sugar. A near infrared optical biosensor nanotube is injected, and an optical scanner accesses data for constant monitoring . Current continuous monitoring technology for diabetes requires a tube inserted through the abdomen. This reads glucose levels in tissue, which…
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Smart airline uniforms improve passenger safety
easyJet has partnered with CuteCircuit to create sensor embedded crew uniforms to improve passenger safety. Cabin crew uniforms have shoulder LEDs and illuminated hems to provide lighting. Lapel LEDs display fight numbers, and microphones in the fabric enable immediate communication. Engineers’ uniforms have LEDs in jacket hoods to illuminate work areas, and built in cameras…
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Norwest’s Robert Mittendorff on digital health investing
Norwest Venture Partners’ Robert Mittendorff participated in ApplySci’s recent Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC conference. Here is his interview with StartUp Health’s Steven Krein on digital health investing. UPCOMING APPLYSCI CONFERENCES: Wearable Tech + Digital Health San Francisco – April 5, 2016 – Early registration discount ends October 10th NeuroTech San Francisco – April 6, 2016 –…
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Wearable Tech + Digital Health San Francisco – April 5, 2016
As sensors, connected devices and data analysis techniques are continually refined, the life enhancing and saving potential of wearable tech grows exponentially. Health systems are incorporating wearables and digital health protocols into patient care plans. Consumers are buying smart watches, smart clothes, smart jewelry, and of course the latest phones and gadgets, to quantify their…
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Jack Young interview at Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC 2015
Startup Health‘s Unity Stoakes did a series of interviews at ApplySci’s recent Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC 2015 conference. Here is his discussion with Jack Young, General Partner at dRx Capital and Head of the Qualcomm Life Fund. Click to hear Jack’s thoughts about the future of wearables, venture capital strategy in healthcare, and the…
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Ultra-low-field, portable MRI
Los Alamos National Laboratory‘s Michelle Espy is developing an ultra-low-field, lightweight MRI system for use on the battlefield and in poor countries. The device will be simple to transport, set up, and use in non-traditional settings. Conventional MRI machines use large magnetic fields that align protons in water molecules. Magnetic resonance signals are detected and turned into images. Highly detailed…
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Cheap, remote, smartphone molecular cancer diagnosis
A Harvard and Mass General developed device may bring rapid, accurate molecular diagnosis of cancer and other diseases to remote locations. The smartphone-based device creates holograms to collect detailed microscopic images for digital analysis of the molecular composition of cells and tissues. The study’s authors believe that “because the system is compact, easy to operate,…
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Big Data, AI and personalized healthcare
With the goal of personalizing healthcare, improving outcomes and cutting costs, IBM’s Watson Health will aggregate massive amounts of disparate patient data. The company has struck deals with Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic to collect and use more information from devices. To address privacy concerns, IBM is offering ways to strip personal information from wearables and…
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Paper test detects Ebola in 10 minutes
MIT‘s Hamad-Schifferli Group and Lee Gehrke have developed a paper strip test that can detect Ebola, Yellow Fever, and Dengue Fever in 10 minutes. The strips are color coded, using triangular silver nanoparticles, to distinguish among diseases. The test relies on lateral flow technology, used in pregnancy tests and for diagnosing strep throat and bacterial…
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Implant could direct images to visual cortex, restore sight
DARPA is in the early stages of developing a “cortical modem” which would enable a simple visual display via a direct interface to the visual cortex. Its projected cost is 10 US Dollars. The project lead is Dr Phillip Alvelda. It was built on Karl Deisseroth‘s optogenetics research — studying and controlling specified cells within living…