Elegant DNA
This is a great primer on DNA using simple but effective animations and a strong narrative. Regardless of your DNA IQ, this video is fascinating and informative. Health communications at its best!...
View ArticleRemote Monitoring Lowers Blood Pressure
As Anywhere Health technologies continue to see rapid improvement, researchers have been struggling to keep up with the pace of change. Fortunately, that is beginning to change as rigorous studies...
View ArticleMaking Sense of the Nokia Sensing XChallenge
While many people are probably aware of the Ansari XPrize, which helped send Bert Rutan’s SpaceShipOne into sub-orbital fame, there are other XPrizes now underway which are also likely to have out of...
View ArticleNow Hear This! Bionic Ear Printed By Princeton Researchers
Nanoparticles, 3D-printing, and human cyborgs – are these the plot elements for the next Star Wars movie? No, actually they are at the heart of research being done at Princeton University on creating...
View ArticleTipping Point for US Healthcare: Activity Trackers Go Mainstream
The new FitBit Flex is here and it is a game-changer, not only within the crowded device market, but also for healthcare in the United States. It’s Friday May 10th, 2013, the day that activity trackers...
View ArticleInside the Circle: A Smartphone Explosion
The dramatic population growth in Asia is certainly not news, but sometimes it is difficult to put into perspective. This picture highlighting the region’s population concentration is “worth a thousand...
View ArticleTexting For Health: Innovative Startup Engages Patients and Providers
Trext is a startup founded in the Pioneer Valley of Central Massachusetts. Led by Amherst College grad Eric Lax, the Trext team has created a dynamic and flexible SMS text system that allows marketers...
View ArticleThe Gamification of Healthcare
How to Save $200 Billion Just By Sending Text Messages By Jim Walker In September of 2013, a medical research study conducted in southeast India was published in The Lancet that may help save the US...
View ArticleObesity Epidemic Goes Visual
This picture is worth a thousand words, and represents trillions of dollars in additional health care costs. Time will tell if this massively unbelievable trend will continue, level off, or maybe even...
View ArticleZipDial for Vitamin D
ZipDial, a mobile marketing leader in the emerging world, was recently ranked 8th in the list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative companies by Fast Company. Based in Bangalore, ZipDial is built around...
View ArticleAnywhere Ultrasound: Philips Lumify Is A Game-changer
The portable ultrasound market has seen dramatic progress over the last few years, but the new Philips Lumify device, a small handheld wand that connects to a smartphone – takes things to a whole new...
View ArticleGoogle Cardboard Helps to Save Baby Girl
Innovative physicians at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami recently used Google Cardboard VR to plan for a challenging cardiac operation. The immersive 3D imaging technology allowed doctors to...
View ArticleOneRing To Rule Them All: 15 Year Old Entrepreneur Aims To Redefine...
Utkarsh Tandon is just your typical Silicon Valley teenager, creating a breakthrough medtech device that can measure a range of Parkison’s tremors and send the data via Bluetooth to an iPhone....
View ArticleNever Let Them See You Sweat: New Sensors Promise Advanced Health Monitoring
UC Berkeley researchers have been sweating out the details on their new sensors, literally measuring and monitoring the electrolyte levels and metabolites of patient sweat. By measuring results under...
View ArticleGatorade Thinks Beyond the Bottle
According to Xavi Cortadellas, Gatorade’s senior director of global innovation and design, Gatorade is in the process of launching a sophisticated digital program that is designed to deliver personal...
View ArticleFitBit: Fastest Growing Company in America
This is a very good interview with FitBit CFO, William Zerella. “Our investments in R&D support our focus on bringing both new hardware and software features to market that will continue our...
View ArticleMobile vs. Mosquito: How Digital Tools Are Fighting the Zika Outbreak
by Jim Walker It’s difficult to predict the impact that Zika virus will have in the coming months and years, but there is no denying that this newly emergent virus now poses a serious public health...
View ArticleMedical Drones – Delivering the World of Tomorrow, Today!
by Jim Walker As Yogi Berra famously noted, “The future ain’t what it used to be!” Earlier this year, Chinese drone manufacturer EHang unveiled an oversized drone powered by electric propellers,...
View ArticleMove Over Dr. Google, Here Comes Dr. Alexa
For those of you who have been following the rise of the ePatient over the years, statistics about patients turning to Google in order to research their various ailments and indulge late night fits of...
View ArticleNow Hear This! Bionic Ear Printed By Princeton Researchers
Nanoparticles, 3D-printing, and human cyborgs – are these the plot elements for the next Star Wars movie? No, actually they are at the heart of research being done at Princeton University on creating...
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