Boston Children’s Hospital unveils its second ResearchKit app – Feverprints
The application will regularly remind users to record their temperature and answer questions about their symptoms, medications, lifestyle and health.
Emulate gets $28M for its Organs-on-Chips technology
The company will use the funds to brings its Human Emulation System in the hands of researchers and product developers.
Study: Wearables may not be the best way to track calories
Researchers have found that many leading fitness trackers have a margin of error of about 200 calories per day in either direction.
This skin patch can sense glucose levels and deliver a drug as needed
The prototype device is made of graphene studded with gold particles and contains sensors that detect humidity, glucose, pH, and temperature.
LifeBEAM gets $16M to launch its Awareable product
The company has already provided technology for pilots and astronauts, as well as consumer brands such as Samsung, Under Armour, and JBL.
Samsung unveils connected headband prototype to monitor risk for concussions
Called brainBand, the device packs a an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a Bluetooth module, LEDs, and a battery to measure the force of impacts.
Apple ResearchKit updated with support for genetic data
Researchers are now able to design targeted studies for diseases and conditions, and to gather more specific types of data from participants.
Apple CareKit launches to help people actively manage their health
The platform will be able to provide insights that help people better understand their own health, with the option to share information with doctors.
Epic working on an Apple Watch notifier app called Limericka
The application would enable doctors to receive alerts, such as test results, on their wrists and, presumingly, be able to respond accordingly.
This necklace could one day track food intake by listening
The device called AutoDietary has a small microphone on the back that records the sound of people eating food and then sends that information to a smartphone.