New mobile app helps reduce lower back pain
Back problems are among the most common causes of sick leave. Worldwide, back pain is the most common cause of disability.
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Joseph Shavit
Apr 26, 2022
New smartphone app accurately tests how well blood clots
Blood clots in patients with medical issues, such as mechanical heart valves or other heart conditions, can lead to a stroke or heart attack
Joseph Shavit
Apr 26, 2022
You can control your smartphone via a new eye-tracking tool
The problem with unwieldy phones is they often require a second hand or voice commands to operate—which can be cumbersome and inconvenient.
Joseph Shavit
Mar 7, 2022
Biblical history and modern information brought together in new mobile app
A user can tap a location to bring up pictures, more information and current events taking place in the area.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 18, 2022
Smartphone app usage data alone can reveal your identity, study shows
The time a person spends on different smartphone apps is enough to identify them from a larger group in more than one in three cases.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 14, 2022
Smartphone app can vibrate a single drop of blood to determine how well it clots
Researchers have developed a new blood-clotting test that uses only a single drop of blood and a smartphone vibration motor and camera.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 8, 2022
Smartphone reminders can improve memory for older adults with dementia
Adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment were able to improve their memory by using a personal assistant app on their smartphones.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 30, 2022
New smartwatch app improves sleep quality for those with nightmare disorders
NightWare’s digital therapeutic uses the watch’s sensors to track the user’s heart rate and movement as they sleep.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 29, 2022
Smartphone, M.D.: Turning your smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system
A new cell phone app and lab kit have transformed a smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 28, 2022
Players needed to solve puzzles and help advance cancer research
Scientists in Barcelona have launched GENIGMA, a videogame that enlists players to solve puzzles while generating real-world cancer data.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 23, 2022
App helps preemie parents feel confident caring for their newborns
Parents in NICU receive a dizzying amount of information about their baby’s changing weight, respiratory levels, feeding patterns and more.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 30, 2021
Love at Lambeau? Iowa man uses dating app to fill open Packer ticket for Christmas day game
A man from Iowa used a dating app to find someone to bring to the Green Bay Packer game on Christmas Day.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 30, 2021
New app helps track random acts of kindness
The team behind the Kindland campaign developed the “Just Be Kind” app to track all the good deeds that often fly under the radar.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 24, 2021
Wearable device can detect and reverse opioid overdose
The device, worn on the stomach like an insulin pump, senses when a person stops breathing and moving, and injects a lifesaving antidote.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 21, 2021
‘Surgery selfies’ could spot serious infections early, study says
Smartphone pictures of post-surgical wounds taken by patients and then assessed by clinicians can help with the early ID of infections
Joseph Shavit
Nov 3, 2021
Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data
Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 3, 2021
Irish startup introduces FoodMarble, the world's first personal digestive tracker
FoodMarble AIRE, a pocket-size hydrogen breath analysis device, combines state-of-the-art technology with personalize digestive science
Joshua Shavit
Oct 28, 2021
Feeling depressed? Columbia University researchers developed an app to help
Research shows that training primary care physicians in to identify and treat depression can improve patient outcomes and even save lives.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 21, 2021
New app transforms an iPhone into a 3D augmented reality-ready camera
To capture 3D humans, the standard approach is to perform a volumetric capture within a specialized studio equipped with dozens of cameras.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 5, 2021
This A.I.-powered collar translates your dog’s barks and body language
Have you ever wondered what your pet is trying to tell you? This collar may hold the answer.
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