RMIT University

An ambulance passing through
By  Adam Ang 09:34 pm June 23, 2024
Biomedical engineers at RMIT University have built a smartphone feature that paramedics can use to immediately screen patients for stroke. In partnership with Brazil's São Paulo State University, RMIT University researchers developed an AI-powered tool for analysing facial symmetry and specific muscle movements, which are key signs of stroke. It is based on the Facial Action Coding System which...
A researcher demonstrating the voice screening app
By  Adam Ang 01:15 am October 11, 2022
A research team led by engineers and neurologists at RMIT University has come up with a mobile app that uses a person's voice to screen for Parkinson's disease and severe COVID-19.  HOW IT WORKS The app uses AI to analyse the changes in a person's voice in just 10 seconds. The research gathered voice recordings of people with Parkinson's and a control group saying three sounds – A, O, and M,...
By  Jonah Comstock 01:12 pm January 10, 2018
A group of researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have developed a new ingestible sensor for a novel purpose: investigating the microbiome and gasses in the gut. In a new study published in Nature Electronics, researchers display not only the potential of the new ingestible sensor, but new learnings that suggest, among other things, a previously undiscovered defense system in the...