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Dementia patients could remain at home longer thanks to ground breaking technology Innovative new technology will enable people with dementia to receive round the … READ MORE
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Streamlining the EHR: Interview with Mihai Fonoage at Modernizing Medicine Modernizing Medicine, a medtech company based in Florida, has developed the … READ MORE
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Robot teaches itself how to dress people A robot at Georgia Tech is successfully sliding hospital gowns on people’s … READ MORE
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This neural operating system lets paralyzed, voiceless patients communicate Nuro’s new brain-computer interface uses neurological signals to let incapacitated … READ MORE
Create a 3D model of a person—from just a few seconds of video Transporting yourself into a video game, body and all, just got easier. Artificial … READ MORE
Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently” Electrodes on the face and jaw pick up otherwise undetectable neuromuscular signals … READ MORE
Sensors to prevent Parkinson’s patients from falling New EIT Health research project launched on telemedical analysis of gait and falls. … READ MORE
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On tumors, MRIs and telepathy: Mary Lou Jepsen on the future of reading images from our brains Mary Lou Jepsen was finishing her PhD work in holography at Brown University when … READ MORE
Do you see what I see? Researchers harness brain waves to reconstruct mental images A new technique developed by neuroscientists at U of T Scarborough can, for the … READ MORE
First smart watch cleared by FDA for use in neurology Beautiful wearable device brings revolutionary help for people living with epilepsy. … READ MORE
Cardiogram DeepHeart detects diabetes through smartwatches A new study from Cardiogram suggests that ordinary wearables like Fitbit and Apple … READ MORE
People with tetraplegia gain rapid use of brain-computer interface A new approach to calibrating the pioneering BrainGate brain-computer interface … READ MORE
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