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Kif Leswing Mar 8, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- What to expect

Apple event preview: Apple Watch, Apple Watch, maybe a MacBook

On Monday, Apple is holding a special event starting at 10 a.m. PT. Gigaom will be there to liveblog, and you can stream…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Signe Brewster Mar 4, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Startup raises $8.5 million

MindMaze’s headset brings your brainwaves into virtual reality

Swiss startup MindMaze is moving its technology from the medical field to the mainstream with a virtual reality headset that reads the…

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Science & Energy
Kif Leswing Feb 5, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- smart doctors

Apple HealthKit is already finding a home in U.S. hospitals

HealthKit might not get as much attention as, say, Apple Watch, but it could end up being more important to Apple’s bottom…

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Mobile
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Feb 1, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Brain imagery in HD

How scientists are racing to diagnose brain injuries in football

By the time retired Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson took his own life in February of 2011, he’d spent months complaining about…

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Science & Energy
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Jan 4, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Once a year won't work

Why doctors are excited about mobile blood pressure monitoring

In the first decade of this century, deaths attributed to high blood pressure have increased nearly 40 percent – roughly one in…

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Science & Energy
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Dec 21, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Scientists are trying to model our mental health based on our tweets

During the holiday season, ideally filled with family, food, and festivities, the topic of depression is often sidelined; even more of a…

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Science & Energy
Signe Brewster Dec 15, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Virtual training, real sweat

Working out while wearing Oculus Rift could soon be a thing

I was at the gym the other day thinking about how fun virtual reality would be on a treadmill. My gym’s treadmills…

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Science & Energy
Carmel DeAmicis Nov 6, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Is Facebook’s Ebola initiative the future of the company’s healthcare strategy?

Facebook’s Ebola initiative gives us insight into the company’s plans to tackle healthcare. Will social good be a key pillar?…

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Work & Collaboration
Signe Brewster Oct 30, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

How Google’s latest moonshot could change human health

Google is determining what exactly it means to be a healthy human being, which could redefine health as a spectrum instead of black and white. It is developing a wristband and nanoparticles that could detect the first signs of illness.…

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Science & Energy
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Oct 12, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

As another flu season approaches, health tech will play an educational role

From personal apps to big data mining and real-time interactive maps of outbreaks, the effort to revolutionize the public’s understanding of influenza has been extremely tech-driven.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Science & Energy
Kevin Fitchard Aug 1, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

What recipe search tells us: The coasts eat healthy, but inland, we like our bacon

Sorry, St. Louis. You're the unhealthiest major city in the country based on Yummly's analysis of recipe search data. The healthiest? Of course it's frigging San Francisco.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Signe Brewster Jun 13, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

MIT can now track a heart rate through a wall with Wi-Fi signals

A low-power signal is enough to track the rise and fall of the chests of up to four people, opening up applications like monitoring people during search and rescue operations or simply ensuring a baby is OK overnight.…

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Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Jun 9, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Digital health is going to need medical approval and a great UI

So far the internet of things hasn't made much headway into patient care in the medical setting, but consumers are buying wellness devices for a variety of reasons. Will the medical world embrace that data?…

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Mobile, Technology
Signe Brewster May 16, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Leap Motion grows up with applications in augmented reality and physical therapy

Nine startups pitched everything from a gesture-controlled cousin to Siri to a website for animating images at the first AXLR8R demo day in San Francisco.…

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Technology
Janko Roettgers May 13, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Stealth startup alert: Skype co-founder ventures into health and wearables with Project Florida

Project Florida wants to combine health and wellness wearables with data science, and it has hired an impressive launch team.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile
Signe Brewster Mar 31, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

E-tattoo can monitor health, store data and deliver drugs

The University of Texas-Austin team behind the patch reports it is the first that can store data, which could be important for long-term health monitoring.…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson Mar 19, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Tracking for good: why the future might hold more control for personal data

Turing AI founder Juliette Powell spoke onstage at Structure Data about how personal data can be used to better enrich the health and wellbeing of communities.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
Kevin C. Tofel Mar 12, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Goodbye charts: Boston docs using Google Glass for patient history

A Boston hospital created its own way to use Google Glass for real-time patient charts and medical information, already saving at least one life. Doctors scan a QR code with Glass to see patient data, which is securely behind the hospital's firewall.…

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Mobile, Technology
Signe Brewster Feb 18, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Welcome your primate overlords: One monkey controlled the movements of another via brain waves

Researchers implanted electrodes in a master monkey's brain and an unconscious avatar monkey's spine, allowing the master to move a joystick with the avatar's hand.…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson Jan 30, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

ZappRx raises $1 million, including participation from GlaxoSmithKline

ZappRx, a mobile app that manages mobile prescriptions, closed a million-dollar seed round led by Atlas Venture and SR One, the venture arm of GlaxoSmithKline…

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Mobile
Lauren Hockenson Jan 23, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Data-driven fertility app Glow’s new version includes those avoiding pregnancy

Fertility app Glow is expanding to include women who don't want to get pregnant, using data for prevention instead of conception.…

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Mobile
Lauren Hockenson Jan 17, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Blueprint Health’s latest class aims to cut costs through enhanced efficiency

Blueprint Health's Winter 2014 class offers enhanced communication and efficiency for everyday tasks at hospitals, clinics and care facilities.…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Jan 16, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google testing contact lens that can monitor glucose levels

The lens could help people with diabetes monitor their daily health and recognize dangerous situations.…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Jan 14, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

The $1,000 genome could actually be here

San Diego-based Illumina revealed a $1 million machine today that can sequence tens of thousands of genomes each year.…

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Technology

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