Engineering and IT researchers from Monash University have combined nanotechnology and AI to create wearable technology for remote health monitoring.
They came up with an ultra-thin wearable patch that is worn on the neck to measure speech, neck movement and touch, as well as breathing and heart rates. It does this using a frequency/amplitude-based neural network called Deep Hybrid-Spectro, which...
The smart handle from Fraunhofer.
Surgeons learn to conduct all sorts of mind-bogglingly complex procedures within our bodies, whether it's installing and adjusting medical devices, removing or ablating tumors, or conducting precise surgery on organs as small as our eyes. Surgeons do incredible work with their hands and manual tools, but a new generation of smart surgical tools, incorporating...
Dr. Phillip Olla penned a rather comprehensive trend piece on the "M-health phenomenon" over at the MOCOM 2009 site. Olla lays out his definition of mobile health and also builds the case for why mHealth has serious potential to help improve healthcare for marginalized populations the world over. The author also mentions his upcoming book: Mobile Health Solutions for Biomedical Applications, ...
