Imperial College London

Stress Point Health, mental health, SPHERE, meditation, neurofeedback
By  Tammy Lovell 02:37 am October 11, 2021
London-based startup, Stress Point Health has announced the results of new research on the effectiveness of digitised neurofeedback, conducted by students of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. Neurofeedback is a form of self-control of the brain via the measurement of brain waves and provision of an audio or video feedback signal. Researchers at Imperial College measured the...
The clinic aims to improve menopause care by combining technology and personalised treatments.
By  Sara Mageit 05:35 am July 7, 2021
London-based Bia Care has launched its virtual clinic to provide women with remote care solutions that ensure they are provided with the knowledge needed to control their symptoms. Through the clinic, women are given access to evidence-based and clinically validated treatment options, as well as the ability to share their symptoms in a confidential and empathetic setting. WHY IT MATTERS The...
DreamLab, COVID-19
By  Sara Mageit 10:12 am December 14, 2020
Imperial College London and the Vodafone Foundation charity are running a study on COVID-19 research called Corona-AI, to publish in a peer-reviewed journal. Volunteers donate their smartphone computing time to the DreamLab app by simply downloading the app and letting it crunch thousands of calculations while they sleep. By creating a virtual supercomputer, the app searches through digital...
By  Laura Lovett 04:48 pm January 31, 2018
In a recent case study published in European Radiology Experimental, surgeons at St. Mary’s Hospital in London used Microsoft HoloLens to overlay images of CT scans onto patients' legs during reconstructive lower limb surgery.  "We are one of the first groups in the world to use the HoloLens successfully in the operating theatre," Dr. Philip Pratt, a research fellow in the department of surgery...
By  Heather Mack 10:45 am December 12, 2016
Melbourne, Australia-based smart inhaler company Adherium has been selected to supply the technology for a multi-country research program in Europe that will seek to establish whether home monitoring and mobile health tools can be used to manage asthma. Adherium’s Smartinhaler technology, which uses sensors to track when medication is taken and then sends the data via Bluetooth to mobile devices...
By  Jonah Comstock 11:03 am February 25, 2016
Google DeepMind, a UK-based artificial intelligence subsidiary of Google, has entered the healthcare space with a new partnership with the UK's National Health Service. Google acquired the UK-based DeepMind in January 2014. While DeepMind is known for AI, the partnership so far is built around two apps that don't use AI at all. "[A]rtificial intelligence is not part of the early-stage pilots we’...