Last week the winners of the TripleTree-sponsored I Award for innovation in wireless and mobile health were announced at the Investors Forum during the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance Convergence Summit in San Diego. In three categories, the winners were: Best Consumer Experience: BodyMedia (body… Read moreI Award winners at WLSA Investors Forum

The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm have funded a $10 million X PRIZE to develop a working model of what Star Trek aficionados know as the Tricorder (wielded most memorably by ‘Bones’)–in their words, a prize to ‘develop a mobile solution that… Read more'Star Trek' in reality: the Tricorder X PRIZE

**Updated 17 May**  Michael at MedGadget continues his intensive coverage of FutureMed 2011 with reports on Days 3, 4 and 5. Day 3 highlights: Stanford (University) Biodesign, the medtech VC space, O’Reilly Media, analysis of social networks as indicator of (e.g.) epidemiology,… Read moreFutureMed2011: Days 3, 4, 5