Seeing what is barely there: A team at Imperial College (London) has developed a low-cost, fast ‘ultra-sensitive sensor’ of the p24 biomarker for prostate cancer (PSA) and HIV. Nanoparticles in serum from blood samples, put in a disposable container, indicate
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In early telecare days, we looked upon integrating fall detection as the ‘holy grail’ of our systems. A rethink of detection into prevention has led to several research projects around gait analysis and movement patterns. BioSensics’ PAMSys, a wearable sensor
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‘Big data’ cruncher IBM Watson, lately in the news with oncology decision support [TA 10 Sep], announced a partnering with the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner College of Medicine to improve Watson’s learning process. The three-year project starting early next year is
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It’s a mood ring for your forehead…literally. When The Gimlet Eye gazed on this, she thought this was rather clever as it could warn others of her ever-changing moods. It could flash a yellow ‘Caution’ on bad hair days, pulse
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