Can Selfies Help with Healthcare?

by Alfred Poor | August 31, 2015 | Medical

Is there more to selfies than a duckface social media epidemic? A PhD candidate and professional medical photographer at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia believes that the smartphone is changing how patients and physicians are involved in...

$75 Million for Flexible Electronics Research

by riddhi | August 28, 2015 | Enabling Tech

The Department of Defense (DoD) will partner with the private sector and academia to boost progress in new frontiers of manufacturing. The Obama administration announced that it will award funds to create a Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid...

The Search for the Perfect Patient ID

by Alfred Poor | August 28, 2015 | Health, Medical

Who are you, really? It’s not a trivial question, and it’s one that is being made far more complex and significant with the rapid adoption of wearable Health Tech devices, electronic health records (EHR), and digitized medicine practices. More than ever...

Sensoria Socks Help Avoid Running Injuries [video]

by riddhi | August 27, 2015 | Fitness, Health

Increasing health consciousness and wide variety of fitness trackers and wearables have made people conscious of their health. With data of all sorts being tracker, running for leisure is one of the most common activities today. But this has led to increase in running...

IBM Watson Learns to See Medical Images [video]

by Alfred Poor | August 27, 2015 | Medical

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then medical imaging data completely eclipses all other medical record information about a patient. With x-rays, MRI, and other digital imaging technology available to healthcare professionals, some radiologists must handle more...

Handheld Device Captures Vital Signs Quickly [video]

by riddhi | August 26, 2015 | Medical

Wearables seem to have found their niche in healthcare sector. There are a number of companies working to develop wearables that can help make patient care timely, effective and accessible anywhere and anytime. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is one such...