Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials

A patient wearing a remote sensor is checking their glucose level from a smartphone
By  Adam Ang 09:32 pm January 19, 2023
Breathe Well-being scores $6M in pre-Series B funding Diabetes care startup Breathe Well-being from India has raised $6 million (Rs 500 million) in a pre-Series B round led by 3One4 Capital, Accel and General Catalyst.  Launched in 2020, the company focuses on behavioural and lifestyle changes to reduce and reverse the risk of Type 2 diabetes. It offers a clinically-proven digital programme that...
The AI autonomous infectious disease prevention robot developed by the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials in partnership with Vision Semicon, Co.
By  Adam Ang 01:51 am February 9, 2022
The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials under South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has created a smart robot for infectious disease prevention that estimates virus spread in indoor spaces using artificial intelligence. WHAT IT DOES According to a media release, the AI robot is able to map out its own disinfection path in real-time. Through a probability mapping algorithm, it estimates...
By  Adam Ang 12:43 am June 11, 2021
The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, a research body under South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT, said its researchers have developed a cardiovascular event prediction model that enhances the speed and accuracy of disease diagnosis. Researchers led by Dr Jong-won Park, head of the institute's Department of Reliability Assessment, collaborated with the cardiology research group at...