Mobile app produces major breakthrough towards curing tinnitus
On average, the group with the polytherapeutic (31 people) showed clinically significant improvements at 12 weeks.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 17, 2022
Mobile app yields major breakthrough towards curing tinnitus
The group with the polytherapeutic treatments showed clinically significant improvements at 12 weeks, while the other group did not.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 10, 2022
Life-saving infrared light beam can detect malaria
A fast, needle-free malaria detection tool developed by a University of Queensland-led team could help save hundreds of thousands of lives.
Joshua Shavit
Nov 23, 2022
An edible QR code takes a shot at fake whiskey
The days of fake whiskey could be numbered, thanks to a team of biomedical engineers from Purdue University and South Korea.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 22, 2022
Groundbreaking app creates time-lapse videos with a smartphone
An app developed by Cornell researchers uses augmented reality to help users repeatedly capture images from the same location with a phone.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 18, 2022
Mobile app provides major breakthrough towards curing tinnitus
After 20 years searching for a cure for tinnitus, researchers are excited by ‘encouraging results’ from a clinical trial of a mobile therapy
Joseph Shavit
Oct 12, 2022
Smartphones show promise as electronic stethoscopes
A mobile phone app which records a user’s heartbeat could pave the way for doctors to monitor cardiac patients remotely, research suggests.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 4, 2022
Non-invasive blood glucose monitor is 90% accurate
As a child, Maria Valero witnessed her diabetic father prick his finger several times a day to draw blood and check his glucose levels.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 22, 2022
Sport, sleep or screens: New app reveals the ‘just right’ day for kids
Shifting 60 minutes of screen time to 60 minutes of physical activity resulted in 4.2 per cent lower body fat.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 10, 2022
New algorithm increases successful dating site matches by more than 25%
Accounting for user preferences and current user experience, a new algorithm can increase the number of matches by at least 27%.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 6, 2022
Mobile phone app accurately detects COVID-19 infection in people’s voices
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect COVID-19 infection in people’s voices by means of a mobile phone app.
Joshua Shavit
Aug 10, 2022
Identifying bird species by sound, an app opens new avenues for citizen science
The BirdNET app, a free machine-learning powered tool that can identify over 3,000 birds by simply recording sounds.
Joshua Shavit
Jul 27, 2022
Novel mobile phone device can measure food spoilage
Can a $1 device that attaches to a mobile phone become a pivotal tool to help solve the $1 trillion #foodwaste problem? Researchers say yes!
Joseph Shavit
Jul 8, 2022
App can diagnose rare genetic diseases from a child's face
When you're unwell, you can usually tell by looking at your face. It's usually not that simple when it comes to rare diseases.
Joshua Shavit
Jul 6, 2022
Audioflow app can remote monitor your urological health
Audioflow, performed almost as well as a specialist machine used in clinics, and achieves similar results to urology residents.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 6, 2022
Mobile app provides effective support for children with obesity
100 children from Martina Children’s hospital in Stockholm were able to try the digi-physical treatment concept over a period of one year.
Joseph Shavit
May 28, 2022
Meet QuitBet -- the motivational game that helps people quit smoking
Quitbet is an innovative way to help people quit smoking – by letting them bet on themselves and win real money.
Joseph Shavit
May 17, 2022
Simply and quickly detect gluten in food using a cellphone
The system designed by the UPV team is a color test in which the change of color—in this case, turning red—indicates the presence of gluten
Joseph Shavit
May 10, 2022
New mobile phone app shows how well shoes will fit based on the 3D shape of the user's foot
The app is designed for online shoe retailers to offer to their customers, to provide accurate fitting of different types of shoes and feet.
Joseph Shavit
May 3, 2022
Smartphone-powered microchip powers at-home medical diagnostic testing
Research team has developed a new microfluidic chip for diagnosing diseases that can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone.
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