DEEP TECH HEALTH + NEUROTECH
University of Missouri’s Marjorie Skubic has used sensors to measure gait speed and stride length, to predict falls. The goals is to use wearables and smart home technology to preserve independence and allow seniors to age in place. Data was collected at an independent-living style retirement residence. Images and nurse alert emails were generated when […]
SenseCare (Sensor Enabled Affective Computing for Enhancing Medical Care) is a Cork Institute of Technology led project meant to teach computers how to recognize and respond to human emotions. The goal is to use applied psychology to monitor and improve the care of dementia patients. The affective computing based system will manage data from voice and face […]
Galvani Biolectronics is a Verily/GSK company, created to accelerate the research, development and commercialization of bioelectronic medicines. The goal is to find solutions to manage chronic diseases, such as arthritis, diabetes, and asthma, using miniaturized electronics. Implanted devices would modify electrical signals that pass along nerves, including irregular impulses that occur in illness. Initial work will […]
iBeat is a wearable emergency response system that continuously monitors the heart. Meant for seniors, it detects cardiac arrest in real time, provides alerts, and sends regular updates to caregivers. If cardiac arrest is detected, the wearer receives a call within 10 seconds. If he/she cannot be reached, an emergency contact and emergency medical services […]
Daniela Rus and MIT, University of Sheffield, and Tokyo Institute of Technology colleagues have developed an ingestible origami robot designed to patch wounds, deliver medicine or remove foreign objects from a person’s stomach. The tiny robot, made of pig intestines, can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule. Steered by a doctor using external magnetic fields, the “microsurgeon” […]
At the Met Gala, New York’s most sought-after invitation, Karolina Kurkova wore a Marchesa dress that was powered by IBM Watson to react to social media sentiment in real-time. The “Cognitive Dress” was covered in LED embedded fabric flowers that lit in colors to reflect joy, passion, excitement, encouragement and curiosity, as expressed on twitter. […]
As part of its new developer program, GoPro has partnered with Polar to overlay health data on videos. Similar to video games, sports videos will be able to display heart rate, speed, distance, and altitude. This has been presented as a fun feature, but could also provide physicians with a better understanding of one’s health in various […]
Takao Someya has developed OLED-embedded electronic “skin” for health monitoring applications –particularly pulse monitoring and blood oxygen sensing — at the University of Tokyo. It is thin, and can move with the skin and body, eliminating the need for rigid glass or plastic substrates, and potentially replacing health monitoring devices. Previous attempts at skin-display tech could only […]
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 […]
Apple’s has filed a patent application for a “Care Event Detection and Alerts” wearable that communicates with a phone to monitor user vital signs and notify carers. Events that can be detected include “a car crash, a bike accident, a medical emergency such as a heart attack or an aneurysm, separation of a child from […]