by Amantha May | December 16, 2020 | Health
An innovative technology designed by Swiss company HeiQ gives textile fibers the ability to destroy viruses on contact. This recently won the prestigious Swiss Technology Award. The company launched its new technology, known as HeiQ Viroblock (shortened to V-Block),...
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by Amantha May | December 14, 2020 | Health
Multimedia Care has announced the launch of Health Checkpoint, a contactless scanner that boosts COVID-19 prevention in schools and workplaces. Designed to protect students, employees, and frontline workers, Health Checkpoint offers a one-stop entrance point safety...
by Amantha May | December 11, 2020 | Health
Nearly all patients who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experience some type of sleep disturbance. Research suggests that almost two-thirds of PTSD patients have frequent, vivid nightmares. Help is on the way, and it can be as close as your wrist. The FDA...
by Amantha May | December 9, 2020 | Medical
Health Tech Insider has kept an eye on research and development of AI diagnostic tools that use voice and sound samples since we first covered ResApp in 2016. A patient with a cough can use this smartphone app — which analyzes the sound of coughing and breathing...
by Amantha May | December 7, 2020 | Enabling Tech
We’ve previously covered a variety of adhesive sensors that measure internal biomarkers — such as body temperature or heart rate — while affixed to the skin. Now researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a skin sensor that detects stimuli...
