AliveCor offers an iPhone case that takes ECG readings
3 weeks 2 days ago
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AliveCor has developed a mobile phone case with embedded sensors that enable patients or their doctors to obtain an electrocardiogram reading within seconds. The AliveCor Heart Monitor device can be used in an...
Empower Interactive takes a telemedicine approach to psychotherapy
3 weeks 3 days ago
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Empower Interactive provides companies with a means of offering their employees interactive psychotherapy programs to help increase their well-being – while maintaining strict confidentiality.
Nurep wants to optimize technical support in the operating room with mobile devices
3 weeks 4 days ago
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Nurep is leveraging increased connectivity in hospitals to offer on-demand technical support in the operating room. Doctors only need a tablet to connect with remote medical device sales reps.
Eyes Only: 3D objects can now be designed on a computer using eye-tracking
3 weeks 4 days ago
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Modelling three-dimensional objects on a computer screen using only your eyes may seem rather improbable but that is just what a team of US university researchers is doing. Their goal is to simplify the...
Scanadu will let you track your vital signs on your smartphone
3 weeks 5 days ago
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Scanadu is building devices to enable people to monitor their own and their family’s state of health.
TakkTile recreates the sense of touch by placing a barometer chip in the palm of a robot hand
3 weeks 5 days ago
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Harvard researchers have developed a tactile sensor, based on the barometric principle, which can turn a robotic hand into a dextrous manipulator so as to enable the robot to identify objects it touches and...
Innovation & Research, Management
Intense Use of ICT Boosts a Company’s Ability to Innovate
4 weeks 2 days ago
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One in three firms surveyed for a recent report introduced major innovations in 2012. Mass adoption of information and communication technologies appears to play a crucial role in this process.
The American government encourages startups to commercialize R&D projects
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The United States Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program provides grant funding to help small businesses on the way towards marketing the fruits of their R&D.
High-Tech Innovation: Some ‘Unlikely’ US Cities Starting to Compete with Silicon Valley
4 weeks 3 days ago
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Now that access to modern information and communication technologies has become more widespread, the United States is seeing a significant high-tech migration from the traditional innovation hubs to what might...
Innovation & Research, Business & Finance
Decentralisation, Fragmentation and Commuting: Might a City’s Structure Constitute an Obstacle to Innovation?
4 weeks 4 days ago
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It has been shown that a city can influence the way innovation emerges. Now recent research indicates that the structure of an urban area may restrict the social interaction which is a key factor for...
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