chemical sensors

Scripps to test NASA-developed, smartphone-enabled lung cancer sensor

By Brian Dolan 07:10 am February 11, 2014

Vantage Health and parent company Nanobeak announced this week that they have partnered up with Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) to help develop its point-of-care chemical sensor apps. Beyond developing the sensor, the partnership will include planning and executing clinical trials at STSI and two other locations. Initial form factors of the device resemble some smartphone-enabled...

Nutriphone hopes to commercialize smartphone-enabled vitamin D deficiency testing

By Brian Dolan 04:30 am December 12, 2013

vitaMe's prototype Nutriphone device Nutriphone, a smartphone accessory developed at Cornell University by two PhD students, enables users to test cholesterol levels, saliva pH, vitamin deficiency and more, vitaMe Technologies CTO Vlad Oncescu explained during a panel discussion at the mHealth Summit outside of Washington DC this week. "The one area [in health sensors] that hasn't been...