Do social robots deserve our appreciation?
A bioethicist argues that Western societies could benefit from acknowledging social robots' relational value.
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Augmented reality helps tackle arachnophobia
Researchers have developed an augmented reality app for smartphones in order to help people reduce their fear of spiders.
How do people emotionally respond to cloned faces?
Researchers examined people’s emotional response to cloned faces, which could soon become the norm in robotics.
Tracking circadian rhythms with a smartwatch
Researchers have developed a way to extracts a person's circadian rhythm based on heart rate data provided by their smartwatch.
Intelligent algorithms for movement apps
With LTech, the Lindera Software Development Kit, health tech company Lindera brings innovation and AI technology to the fitness industry.
Ingestible “bacteria-on-a-chip” could help diagnose disease
MIT researchers have built an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal problems.
Wearable turns the body into a battery
Researchers at CU Boulder have developed a new, low-cost wearable device that transforms the human body into a biological battery.
Smart apps help people with hearing loss
Researchers have developed smartphone-based apps that solve the biggest problems for people with hearing loss: filtering out background noise and improving speech perception.
Why do human-like robots elicit uncanny feelings?
Many people experience an uneasy feeling in response to robots that are nearly lifelike, and yet somehow not quite “right”.
mhealth: App diagnoses sleep apnea
Computer science students designed an Android application, which helps to identify the signs of sleep apnea at home.
A 3D printed bluetooth enabled stethoscope
The digital stethoscope that makes it possible to listen to the heart and lungs of their patients while standing up to 50 feet away.
Neural networks: artificial brains need sleep too
States that resemble sleep-like cycles in simulated neural networks quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brains.
A wearable COVID-19 early warning system
A remote early warning system for the detection of COVID-19 symptoms among frontline medical staff is showing promising results.
'CovIdentify' pits smartphones and wearables against coronavirus
A research study seeks volunteers to provide data from smartphones, smartwatches and health surveys to help detect COVID-19.
AI, App provide at-home assessment of coronavirus risk
A coronavirus app coupled with machine intelligence will soon enable an individual to get an at-home risk assessment based on how they feel and where they've been in about a minute.
Augmented reality app may aid patients with Parkinson’s
Bioengineering students program smartphone to guide patients who ‘freeze’ while walking.
mhealth: prevention through digital helpers
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Application Center SYMILA have developed a prevention app called BAYathlon that is designed to help detect a specific form of cardiac arrythmia at an early stage.
‘Uncanny Valley’: Brain network evaluates robot likeability
Scientists have identified mechanisms in the human brain that could help explain the the unsettling feeling we get from robots and virtual agents that are too human-like.
Skin sensor could improve life for hydrocephalus
A new wireless, Band-Aid-like sensor could revolutionize the way patients manage hydrocephalus.
Smart wristband monitors heart rates and physical activity
Engineers have created biosensor technology with a wireless connection to smartphones that will enable a new wave of personal health.