Using game tech to treat cognitively impaired children in Africa
Using a game, researchers are rehabilitating children who suffer from cognitive impairment after surviving life-threatening diseases such as malaria and HIV.
pediatrics
Huggable: Social robots can benefit hospitalized children
Interacting with a robotic teddy bear invented at MIT boosted young patients’ positive emotions, engagement, and activity level.
Autism: Google Glass helps kids improve socialization skills
Children with autism improved measurably on a test of socialization and learning when their therapy included an at-home intervention with Google Glass.
3D printed baby dummy for resuscitation training
A researcher developed a 3D printed baby dummy, based on an MRI scan of a real newborn baby, which could improve the training of the reanimation procedure.
AI can detect depression in a child’s speech
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to detect hidden depression in young children, a condition that can lead to increased risk of substance abuse and suicide later in life if left untreated.
Intracranial pressure sensor monitors infants
Students created a seemingly simple but sophisticated system to monitor high intracranial pressure within the skulls of infants.
Wearable motion detectors identify motor deficits
Researchers found that wristwatch-like motion detectors can help identify in children signs of motor impairments that might otherwise be missed.
AI identifies key patterns of infant movements
A video recording of an infant lying in bed can be analyzed with artificial intelligence to extract quantitative information useful for assessing the child’s development as well as the efficacy of ongoing therapy.
Premature babies: robots are effective pain management tools
Researchers have designed a therapeutic robot that simulates human skin-to-skin contact, helping reduce pain for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.
This smartphone app simultaneously treats and tracks autism
Researchers are working on a smartphone app that could help diagnose autism in minutes – and provide ongoing therapy as well, all with fewer visits to specialized clinics.
Wireless sensors monitor babies in NICU
Wireless body sensors could replace the tangle of wire-based sensors that currently monitor babies in hospitals’ NICU and pose a barrier to parent-baby cuddling and physical bonding.
Arthritis: AI eliminates unnecessary treatments for children
A machine learning algorithm was able to sort children with arthritis into distinct categories based on their patterns of inflamed joints in the body in a way that was also predictive of disease outcome.
VR therapy treats autism phobias
Immersive virtual reality has been shown to help children with autism with nearly 45% remaining free from their fears and phobias six months after treatment.
Wearable respiration monitor built with children’s toy
Researchers have developed a wearable, disposable respiration monitor that provides high-fidelity readings on a continuous basis.
VR hypnosis reduces need for pain medications
Anesthesiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are helping to explore the use of hypnosis through virtual reality to lessen postoperative pain and anxiety in children.
Children with autism: Video game-based “digital medicine” could help
Researchers evaluated a digital medicine tool designed as an investigational treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and co-occurring ADHD.
Big datasets help identify causes for pediatric diseases
Researchers use the analogy of raindrops on the sidewalk to explain their new method to identify genetic variations that cause severe pediatric diseases.
Skin sensor could improve life for hydrocephalus
A new wireless, Band-Aid-like sensor could revolutionize the way patients manage hydrocephalus.
Using robots to help diagnose autism
Kids’ interactions with talking robots—which behave in a standardized, bias-free manner—could reveal telltale signs in very young children destined to develop autism.
AI used to detect fetal heart problems
Researchers have developed a novel system that can automatically detect abnormalities in fetal hearts in real-time using artificial intelligence (AI).
3D-printed tracheal splints used in groundbreaking pediatric surgery
Biomedical engineers have designed 3D-printed tracheal splints for pediatric patients. These were used to assist the breathing of an infant battling a life-threatening airway obstruction.
Biometric fingerprinting tool for newborn identifcation
Researchers at the University of California San Diego develop a new non-touch technology that rapidly identifies infants and children.
HAL – the humanoid pediatric patient simulator
Gaumard Scientific has created Pediatric HAL - a humanoid that realistically reproduces human body functions and reactions.
A video game may improve empathy in middle schoolers
Researchers have developed a video game to study whether video games can boost kids' empathy, and to understand how learning such skills can change neural connections in the brain.
Virtual reality helps to reduce children’s fear of needles
Are virtual reality headsets a means to decrease fear and pain associated with immunizations in pediatric patients?
Custom design improves the aesthetic of prosthetic for kids
The first U.S. clinical trial of 3D-printed prosthetics for children launched.
Kickballs, chicken and 3D models help prepare for fetal surgeries
By combining high-tech 3D printing technology with kickball and pieces of chicken breast, surgeons have devised an innovative way to “rehearse” complex minimally invasive fetal surgeries.
Wearable system monitors stomach’s activity throughout the day
Researchers have developed a wearable, non-invasive system to monitor electrical activity in the stomach — essentially an electrocardiogram but for the gastro-intestinal tract.
