There are several problems in treating cancer. Among the most vexing is to figure out exactly the type of tumor so that you can come up with a very specific therapy. If you cannot get access to the cancer through some simple measures then the physicians only choice is to look at it through…
Pedro Lopes from MIT has been doing some fantastic work on combining image sensing and providing feedback to the human. Typical VR (Virtual Reality) setup’s are problematic because though user can see things they cannot feel it. Pedro is using electrical stimulation to provide feedback as this video shows: {youtube}OcSmCamMKfs{/youtube} But take that a step…
What is the value of simplicity? Take the Apple store as an example. Not too many places to sit and browse but just simple table in the center and then devices off to the side. Of course there is the glass front which enables everything to be seen. But imagine creating a medical device…
Hospital corridors are boring Why are hospital corridors boring? The patients could do with a little knowledge while they wait or even some entertainment. Right now, they are just bored – they look at the walls or they would most probably look at the phone. Is that the best thing that they should be…
Team “Notify” from Usin’Life won the Hackathon Prize4Life and is moving on to the next level for qualification. The idea was to create a notification system that informs the care-giver or family about two needs – 1. Small needs, like a drink of water and 2.Emergency, like help me breathe. One cloudy but…
The Prize4Life foundation is hosting a hackathon and to help people prepare it has written out specifications very clearly. 1. Emergency communication: Refining the Microsoft GazeSpeak application Creating a faster way for communicating a few words in emergency situations Improving the alarm system activating in case of Bipap failure 2. Speech devices: Building a dual…
Face recognition technology has come a long way. The technology now enables the specific association of the face with a name and thus confirmed identification. The technology of recognition is very complex and requires not only significant image processing of the face to identify features of interest but also then matching the features with those…
We had a brief chance to greet Seth Godin at the MarTech Conference and his talk was at the conference was educational as well as entertaining. Seth Godin has written more than 20 books, is a known figure in marketing, and gives very informative talks. His message at this meeting was not about specific ideas…
Technologists often think that the solution to most problems can be solved with technology and when you ask people what can help them – they often also answer technology. For example on the Facebook page of Prize for life the patients with ALS were asked what can help them and here are the 12…
Usin’Life presented a concept of Pervasive computing and intelligent healthcare monitoring devices at the Maker Faire from Sept 23rd to Sept 24th in New York, NY and was awarded the BEST IN CLASS 2017. The Wikipedia defines Pervasive Computing as “Embedding computational capability into everyday objects to make them effectively communicate and perform useful tasks”….
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