Category: Technology & Devices
BitBite tracks your eating habits, down to how you chew
A TINY wearable called BitBite tracks and critiques your eating habits with the aim of getting you to improve on what you eat and how you do it. Worn in the ear during meals and snacks, its microphone and sensors […]
NTU professors develop new way of detecting and treating tumours
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a unique way of detecting and treating tumour cells. The method, which was developed by associate professors Zhang Qichun and Joachim Loo, involves the use of a biomarker, which is made from […]
Hand transplant recovery sheds new light on touch
Recovery of feeling can gradually improve for years after a hand transplant, suggests a small study that points to changes in the brain, not just the new hand, as a reason. Research presented Sunday at a meeting of the Society […]
Team devises ingenious method to attack cancer at its genetic source
MicroRNAs may be tiny—as few as 20 genetic letters, compared to 3 billion in the DNA of a human—but they play a major role in biology, helping to determine which genes are expressed or silenced. In the last 10 years, […]
NEC technology alleviates stress of taking blood pressure
TOKYO — NEC Corp has developed a first-of-its-kind blood pressure measurement technology that enables high-precision blood pressure measurements with a low application of pressure (stress). This new technology provides high-precision blood pressure measurements that can be applied for medical use […]
Yahoo! Japan starts simple and easy genomic analysis service
Yahoo! Japan has announced the release of a genomic analysis service for the public from the HealthData Lab project offered by its healthcare division, Yahoo! Healthcare. The service allows users to investigate disease risk factors including 22 different kinds of […]
Soon, wearable tech for troop, civilians to get personalized health alerts
Researchers are working on developing a wearable technology that would help troops and civilians to get personalized health alerts, it has been revealed. The sensor and software development company has been working with UB engineering professor Albert H. Titus to […]
Restoring vision with artificial retina: possibility?
Retinal degeneration and consequent loss of eyesight is a life-altering health issue for most people, especially as they age. But a new development toward a prosthetic retina could help counter conditions that result from problems with this crucial part of […]
Robotic surgery reaches new height
Invented in the United States more than a decade ago, robotic surgery has since reached new levels of competence in China. “We are one of the top teams leading the world in the field of robotic cardiac surgery,” said Professor […]
Can robots end Ebola?
Researchers are looking at the ways on how robots could be sent to join the fight against Ebola, it has been reported. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy encouraged UC Berkeley engineering professor, Ken Goldberg, and researchers in […]
