All posts tagged "healthcare"
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2.1KSmart LifeUPS and CVS To Use Drones For Dropping Off Prescriptions
Even though COVID-19 shut off most services, it’s providing a boon for various tech start-ups – drones included. UPS and CVS just...
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869Smart LifeThe Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Is Now Assisting Coronavirus Patients
It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Boston Dynamics’ Spot, the robotic dog, but he’s back in action. While most might...
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2.8KSocialFord Is Turning the Airbags and Tech From Its Trucks Into Respirators to Fight COVID-19
The latest company to pivot into supporting COVID-19 frontline fighters is Ford. The giant automaker is now working with 3M, one of...
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827GamingMaingear, the Gaming PC Maker, Is Now Building Emergency Ventilators
A lot of people and companies alike had to pivot their expertise these days to cope with the coronavirus crisis and PC...
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7.1KFutureHospital Algorithm Shows Bias Towards People Of Color
Scientists have discovered that an algorithm present in a software present in the health system that exhibits racial bias. The study did...
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929MiscAmazon’s Alexa Is Taking a Cautious But Determined Step into Healthcare
According to Amazon, Alexa now fully complies with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that protects the privacy of...
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1.7KSmart LifeUPS Partners With Drone Startup To Deliver Medical Samples in North Carolina
UPS announced that it joined forces with drone startup Matternet and began using drones to deliver medical samples to the WakeMed Health...
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11.6KSmart LifeFitbit Can Now Share Data With The National Institutes of Health
Fitbit has teamed up with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is now allowing its users to share their health data...
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2.3KCESVirtual Caregiver To Improve At-Home Care For The Elderly
While it might sound like something out of a Science Fiction movie, SameDay Security created a virtual caregiver that can serve not...
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1.6KCESHip’Safe, the Wearable Airbag for Elders, Begins Shipping Worldwide in 2019
One of the most promising devices of CES 2018, Hip’Safe, is getting ready to show up at CES 2019 once more, just...
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1.4KSmart LifeApple Watch Now Helps Study Joint Replacement Patients
Apple seems very dedicated in investing in healthcare and has now joined forces with healthcare firm Zimmer Biomet and created an app...
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2.4KFutureWorldwide Scientists Work Together To Create Most Detailed 3D Map Of The Human Body
The National Institutes of Health announced in 2017 that it will be launching the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) ,an initiative that...
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2.1KGamingVR Health Joins Forces With Oculus To Deliver Better Patient Healthcare
You might not have heard about VRHealth but they have been around for a while and their virtual reality experiences to keep...
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1.1KSmart LifeMIT Professor Builds Health-Tracking Sensor That Monitors Patients Unobtrusively
Dina Katabi is an MIT professor in electrical engineering and computer science, who built a device, the size of a Wi-Fi router,...
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16.7KFuture3D Printed Device Might Help Spinal Cord Injury Patients Recover
A group of engineers and medical researchers from the University of Minnesota have created a 3D printed device that might just aid...
