The 3ML organisers will find that seeking publicity is a two-edged sword. See the following article by the UK’s populist newspaper the Daily Mail as it responds to 3ML publicity from Bosch and Tunstall with a good description of telehealth… Read more3millionlives: Would you trust this machine to act as your GP? (UK)
NHS Somerset has begun rolling out telehealth equipment to thousands of its patients as part of a scheme that will allow them to monitor long-term health conditions from home. As part of a three-year, £1.2m contract, 4,000 NHS patients with… Read moreTelehealth on mobiles rolling out to thousands of patients in Somerset (UK)
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, keynoted last week’s ATA with some surprising statements: Artificial intelligence will make smartphones smarter than humans Siri-Watson-type combinations will reduce doctors to technicians when it comes to diagnostics; artificial intelligence-fueled computer systems will run decision-support… Read moreApple's Wozniak predicts at ATA
In what is the first review of studies concerning text reminders on medications, a Netherlands research team found that SMS, audio/visual reminder devices and even pager reminders significantly improved medication adherence, at least in the short run (under 6 months.)… Read moreText reminders improve short-term medication compliance
Implanted user interfaces, which is what chips in your arm or chest are formally called, can be used for alerting, recharging and reprogramming of existing implanted devices such as pacemakers without wireless transmissions, which can be hacked. On the other… Read moreImplanted chips not just for ID'ing Fido anymore
The iPhone has proven itself to be wonderfully adaptable for apps that aid blind and vision impaired people in such necessities of life as identifying currency bills (LookTel Money Reader), Sendero (audible GPS locator), speech texting (HeyTell), HopStop (transit point… Read moreHow blind people are reinventing the iPhone
