Smartwatch tracks medication levels to personalize treatments
Engineers have demonstrated that drug levels inside the body can be tracked in real time using a custom smartwatch that analyzes the chemicals found in sweat.
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'Smart' breathalizer can reveal lung disease
Using specialized nanoparticles, engineers have developed a way to monitor pneumonia or other lung diseases by analyzing the breath exhaled by the patient.
The next-gen 'smart pill' for cancer detection
Researchers are developing a pill-sized capsule that uses AI-enabled sensing to diagnose gastrointestinal cancers and bleeding earlier.
Humanising wearable health technologies
Designer Leah Heiss considers her work as creating “emotional technologies”, i.e. wearable devices based on human-centred design principles. For her, empathy is everything!
Smart ring detects COVID-19 early
According to new research, the Oura smart ring is indeed suitable for detecting COVID-19 infection up to three days before symptoms appear.
Verifying and validating the clinical usefulness of wearables
Researchers have developed a framework that will help data scientists and other researchers use better digital health tools for clinical purposes.
Smart contact lenses diagnose and treat diabetes
Researchers developed wirelessly driven ‘smart contact lens’ technology that can detect diabetes and further treat diabetic retinopathy just by wearing them.
Wearable biosensors may pave the way for personalized health
Penn State engineers say computational power is key to technology for smart bandages, health tattoos and artificial organs.
Smart contact lens sensor for eye health monitoring
Researchers have developed a "smart" contact lens that can show real-time changes in moisture and pressure by altering colors.
Smart patch automatically delivers insulin
Researchers have developed a smart insulin-delivery patch that could one day monitor and manage glucose levels in people with diabetes and deliver the necessary insulin dosage.
Sony’s smart OR platform gains FDA clearance
Sony Electronics has received clearance for the company's NUCLeUS™ Operating Room, Imaging Management and Collaboration Control platform.
Self-moisturising smart contact lenses
Scientists have developed a contact lens that moisturizes the eye using tears in a reservoir behind the lower eyelid.
Can ‘smart toilets’ be the next
Wearables are transforming the ability to monitor and improve health, but a decidedly low-tech commodity—the humble toilet—may have potential to outperform them all.
Bionic leg to help amputees walk faster
Bionic breakthrough: Engineers develop computerized bionic leg to help amputees walk faster, easier and with better balance.
Smart speaker system uses white noise to monitor infants’ breathing
Researchers have developed a new smart speaker skill that lets a device use white noise to monitor sleeping babies breathing and movement.
Smart insole monitors foot health for diabetic patients
The smart insole can be inserted into a sneaker or dress shoe to passively monitor the foot health of a person living with diabetes.
Robotic hand merges amputee and robotic Control
Scientists have successfully tested neuroprosthetic technology that combines robotic control with users’ voluntary control, opening avenues in the new interdisciplinary field of shared control for neuroprosthetic technologies.
Bionic prosthesis improves amputees’ health
Thanks to bionic prosthesis that features sensors that connect to residual nerves in the thigh, two volunteers are the first above-knee amputees in the world to feel their prosthetic foot and knee in real time.
Digital phenotyping helps to treat mental illness
Research shows that digital phenotyping can provide valuable information to mental health professionals about mental illness symptom severity and relapse.
A pill-sized high-tech camera for intestine endoscopy
Greater resolution, sharper images, and more efficient diagnostic processes – this is the promise of an endoscopy capsule developed by Fraunhofer IZM to allow more detailed small intestine diagnostics.
Sound waves could bring us smarter medical implants
A scientist is working to develop miniature implantable medical devices that sense and communicate wirelessly via sound waves.
Smart wristband provides insights into wearers’ emotions
Researchers have developed a smart material that can help those with affective disorders, such as anxiety, bi-polar disorder and depression, to monitor their emotions.
The first contactless cardiac arrest AI system for smart speakers
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new tool to monitor people for cardiac arrest while they’re asleep without touching them.
Robot navigates ultrasound pill through colon
Engineers have shown it is technically possible to guide a tiny robotic capsule inside the colon to take micro-ultrasound images.
Open-source bionic leg: platform aims to advance prosthetics
The Open-Source Bionic Leg will enable investigators to efficiently solve challenges associated with controlling bionic legs across a range of activities in the lab and out in the community.
Smart pill bottle keeps drugs safe
Low-cost, stretchy sensors can be assembled inside the lid of a drug container to help monitor patient safety.
Smart wristband alerts about dangerous health conditions
Researchers are developing a smart wrist-worn device for monitoring of atrial fibrillation – a condition, which if left untreated can lead to serious health complications and even death.
Smart speakers harnessed for hospital medical treatments
Smart speakers that are customarily used in your living room can be programmed to act as an aid to physicians in hospital operating rooms.
Alexa is used for smart hospital room pilot
Cedars-Sinai is allowing patients to use an Alexa-powered platform known as Aiva to interact hands-free with nurses and control their entertainment.