by Alfred Poor | September 2, 2019 | Health, Medical
We first covered ResApp more than three years ago. The company has developed a smartphone app that can diagnose the different types of childhood coughs, simply by analyzing a sound sample recorded by a phone. It can distinguish between lower respiratory tract disease,...
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by Bruce Brown | August 22, 2019 | Health
Baby wearables and connected monitors usually track a single metric. Levana’s Oma Sense system uses an accelerometer to monitor breathing movements while newborns and infants sleep. TempTraq’s name describes its primary feature: tracking body temperature....
by Alfred Poor | August 22, 2019 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
Powered exoskeletons are no longer exist just in the realm of science fiction. They are already in use, tackling a wide range of missions for healthcare, industry, and military applications. They can shield factory workers from injury while enhancing their strength....
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by Bruce Brown | August 21, 2019 | Health
Parents worry about newborn and infant breathing, especially with first babies. We have written about several wearables designed to monitor babies and alert parents such as Spoutling’s strap-on device and the Raybaby video monitor and motion sensor. Levana takes...
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by Alfred Poor | August 20, 2019 | General News, Health
We’ve written about sweat sensors many times in the past. Researchers have good reasons to search for biometric data from sweat; the material is readily available and does not require invasive procedures to acquire. In addition to the familiar salts, sweat...
by Bruce Brown | August 15, 2019 | Health
“It takes a village” for a child to grow in a safe and healthy environment, according to a proverb attributed to various African societies. Substantive advances in healthcare require cooperation on a much wider scale. A recently announced 10-year...
