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Smartphone as a Personal Genome Assistant
A few months ago, I wrote about a press release: Using the Google Phone’s built-in bar code reader, Dr. Pellionisz demonstrated how personal genome computing can detect genome-friendly and...
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Apple iPad in Healthcare: Pros and Cons
I’m not really an Apple fan, but I’m always open to innovations in healthcare. Last week was centered around iPad both in the news and the blogosphere as more and more bloggers started to describe its...
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SoundBite: Hearing Aid on Your Teeth
I love innovation in healthcare. For people with conductive hearing loss, Bone Anchored Hearing Aids that are implanted surgically use the skull to transmit sound to the inner ear. SoundBite bypasses...
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Kickbee: Not the youngest Twitter user any more
When I first talked about Kickbee, it created a buzz about how this method could be utilized in health management. In a nutshell, Corey Menscher, the father of kickbee, probably the youngest Twitter...
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Virtual Autopsy
Medgadget published a report about Virtobot that shows what the future of forensic medicine will look like. The robot scans the contours and texture of the human body by projecting light bars on it and...
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Virtual Reality Enhanced Mannequin for Resuscitation Training
Federico Semeraro and his collegues just published a paper in Resuscitation focusing on the evaluation of a virtual reality enhanced mannequin designed for resuscitation training. The objective of this...
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Buzzy Pain Relief for Children
Here is Buzzy, a reusable pain relief device, developed by a pediatrician. It works based on the gate control theory of pain. Buzzy is a newly developed reusable pain relief device that children can...
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Microscope on cellphone
You may remember when I wrote about how cellphones could be used as microscopes in dermatology and I also mentioned the iMicroscope once. Now over at Spoonful of Medicine, a new cheap device is...
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The Future of Medical Imaging
Have you every wondered what happens if you combine a 3D TV with virtual reality in medical imaging? Well, the device described in the video was developed by the University of California, San Diego and...
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Implantable blood sugar sensor
Engadget just reported a fantastic technology which enables diabetes patients to measure blood sugar levels without finger pricks. A crew of researchers from The University of Tokyo and BEANS Research...
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2011 CES Innovation Honorees in Healthcare
Yesterday, the huge CES conference was launched in which there are plenty of Innovations Honorees in the healthcare category. It seems devices designed for hearing loss or damage rule this year’s...
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Best ECG Mobile Solution Ever
I’ve already written about numerous ECG solutions in smartphones (see below), but a recent Medgadget report beats them all.What you need is an iPhone with the special app, a wireless case and you can...
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Thermo Mirror measures body temperature
I wouldn’t buy a mirror for over $1000 only to measure my body temperature from 30 centimeters away, but there must be someone in Japan who will do so because a Japanese electronics firm NEC/Avio just...
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Robotic pharmacy automatically distributes medication
It’s just getting more and more amazing how robotics can be implemented into healthcare. One of the latest examples belongs to the UCSF Medical Center where they now use robotic pharmacy in order to...
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From Patients on Facebook to WiFi Enabled Asthma Inhalers
Facebook friend request from a patient? (The Lancet) In the USA, birthplace of most of these technological advances, various associations of health-care professionals are starting to issue codes of...
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Withings Blood Pressure Monitor for iOS
One of the most interesting things I saw at this year’s Doctors 2.0 and You event was Withins’ Blood pressure monitor. This iPhone-connected blood pressure monitor made its first appearance at CES, but...
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Digital cane helps track of vital signs
I’ve recently come across this digital cane designed by a Lithuanian designer Egle Ugintaite for the Fujitsu 2011 design award in which he won the grand prize. Great idea! The cane, which is known as...
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The Robot Report from CES 2012: Medical Implications
I got access to the Robot Report written by Frank Tobe from the recent Consumer Electronics Show 2012. He featured many innovative and futuristic consumer robots out of which a few, I think, had real...
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AED Trainer app: Promo codes are available!
I’ve written about the AED Trainer, an app by Ivor Kovic, MD that helps learn to use an automated external defibrillator. Now 5 promo codes are available for the app and the first 5 people leaving a...
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iRobot: The telepresence robot
In a few more years, in rural areas it’s going to feel like a doctor is there with the patient while the doc is miles away although the iRobot will be in its place. iRobot even retooled itself to...
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