Insertable Cardiac Monitor Gets CE Nod

by Bruce Brown | May 15, 2017 | General News, Medical

Cardiac patients in 10 European countries now have greater freedom and mobility thanks to the recent CE approval of Abbott’s Confirm Rx ICM insertable cardiac monitor. Previously patients who were discharged from the hospital but required remote monitoring were...

Telemedicine Heads to Sea

by Alfred Poor | May 15, 2017 | General News, Medical

Telemedicine helps deliver medical care to under-served populations. We tend to think of under-developed regions or sparsely populated rural areas as being the primary targets for these services, but there’s another population that can benefit from remote access...

Physical Programming Language for Visually Impaired Kids

by Bruce Brown | May 12, 2017 | General News, Health

According to a BBC report, technology companies are facing a digital skills gap. There’s a severe shortage of programmers and engineers. Microsoft Research Labs in Cambridge, England is working on a potential solution to the shortage called Project Torino. The...

Deep Learning Uses Apple Watch to Detect Arrhythmia

by Alfred Poor | May 12, 2017 | General News, Medical

Sensors are an essential part of a wearable Health Tech device, creating the data that is used to provide meaningful results for the wearer. The real work, however, is done by sophisticated algorithms that can extract meaning from noisy data sets, singling out the...

3D Printed Stretchable Tactile Sensors [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 11, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

There’s something about ink on skin that intrigues people. A cross-cultural phenomenon that has lasted at least since Neolithic times, tattoos have served a wide range of purposes, not just as personal adornment. We’ve written about several tattoo...

Deep Learning Diagnosis Diabetic Eye Disease [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 11, 2017 | General News, Medical

One of the many complications of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy (DR). This condition results in damage to the retina that can eventually lead to the loss of sight. And the longer a patient has diabetes, the more likely they are to develop DR. It is the leading cause...