Students at Brigham Young University in Utah have developed a prototype ‘smart sock’ for babies that alerts for low levels of blood oxygen, irregular heartbeat and stopped breathing during sleep. This is to help detect for early signs of SIDS
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Monthly Archives December 2012
Forthcoming telecare/telehealth UK newspaper supplement
The Independent is planning a major supplement on telecare and telehealth in late January 2013. Any supplier companies interested in promoting themselves in the available remaining space in the supplement should contact Dominic McWilliam, Project Manager at Mediaplanet by email.
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Birmingham's Supporting People funding cuts to affect alarm users (UK)
There are a complex set of issues buried under the obvious angles on which the newspaper concentrates. They concern historical patterns of provision, changed technology and people’s expectations. ‘Too expensive’ 999 cords axed from sheltered homes The Mirror.
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Health Service Journal: Telehealth Supplement (UK)
TA readers will wonder whether the Health Service Journal (HSJ) can deliver anything fresh or worth reading in its 19-page supplement We have the technology ? an HSJ supplement on telehealth. Well, it’s a comprehensive roundup of what’s happening in
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3millionlives: Newsletter and video (UK)
November was a busy month for the 3millionlives (3ML) team, as reported in their November newsletter (PDF). They have also released a video, below. (7½ minutes) The video contains interviews with doctors, patients and a nurse. It was made to
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Are you a Supra Hero?
“Doris has had her telecare equipment, including her Supra KeySafe, successfully installed around her home. But now she is in danger! Our Heroes need you to direct them safely from their secret headquarters to Doris’s house. Along the way they
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Modern technology allows users to take charge of their health (Canada)
From Dr. Kendall Ho, Director of the eHealth Strategy Office, University of British Columbia, there’s a balanced overview of – and good introduction to – technology in personal health/wellbeing, with some sensible tips at the end. Modern technology allows users
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StickNFind system uses your phone and coin-like tags to find lost items
Haven’t we all wanted to invent THE killer lost key/purse/anything system? But it looks like the designers of StickNFind have beaten us to it. Another Gizmag piece: StickNFind system uses your phone and coin-like tags to find lost items.
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Scientists successfully treat Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice
A pointer to the future? Scientists successfully treat Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice Gizmag item.
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Telehealth over satellite broadband confronts the issue of latency
Pulse IT carries excellent coverage by Kate McDonald of a report presented at the Australian Global Telehealth conference* concerning the effect of satellite transmission latency for videoconferencing via broadband. As one of the commenters points out there are also coder/decoder
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