...be available in a few years (their estimate) and also be of interest to those who watch their carbohydrate intake or who may be pre-diabetic. CNBC (picture and article), Analytical Chemistry (abstract and full article), MedCityNews. Hat tip to reader Peg Graham of JASA and QUA, Inc. via LinkedIn updates. Related reading: John A. Rogers’ sensor patch skunkworks at University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign in our October article and prior (see links). And a far better idea, especially for childhood diabetes, than Google’s chancy glucose-sensing contact lens we first wrote about exactly one year ago [TTA 17 Jan and 17 July 14]... Continue Reading
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NHS seeks pioneering healthcare innovators – yes really!
John Boden Read this week's Time magazine. I nominate Steven Brill David Doherty I suggested a client might like to get involved in this and it turns out you need to pay nearly £400 to go to a conference and then £5000 to be part of the program 'if' selected....... Continue Reading
The ethical quandary of public, searchable data
John Boden “The rather chilling example of how a PHR could pick up EHR patient notes data not meant to be seen by the patient” made an alarm bell go off in my head. Just what type of data should appropriately be withheld from the patient? Whose data is it? Maybe doctors think patients are too stupid to have access to their own data. There is nothing chilling about a patient learning everything about their own health. Donna Cusano Hi John--read further in the article. It's the kind of information that needs to be best discussed with the patient, not... Continue Reading
Swasthya Slate: the Indian tricorder?
John Boden I found in other online articles that this unit will be priced in the $100 plus/minus range. Everyone should have one at that price. I wish them the best of luck so these tests can be available to improve health all over the world.... Continue Reading
Why a smartwatch may feel…de trop
...I saw few on the wrists of DH mavens. Smartwatches (and clothing wearables) also faded out at CES Unveiled [TTA 21 Nov], a complete turnaround from June’s event. If you’ve been wondering too, you’ll be nodding like a bobblehead at John Nosta’s blog post in Nuvium, The Death of Wearables. Reasons why: no consumer desire, translation (it’s the same data from fitness trackers, tarted up–Ed. Donna), connection (not relevant to managing a disease or condition.) In other words, it’s de trop, not de-lovely. A wearable or smartwatch which would interest him would pick up the activity of nanoparticles in your... Continue Reading
The ultimate ‘comfy sensor patch’–an implant
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/3036175-inline-i-2-from-the-designers-of-fitbit-a-digital-tattoo.jpg” thumb_width=”175″ /]John A. Rogers and his ‘skunkworks’, take notice. From the design shop that brought you Fitbit, NewDealDesign (FDR would be puzzled), comes the next big step in wearables–a sensor patch concept which would be implanted in your hand and multi-task till the cows come home. Project Underskin would detect fitness levels, vital signs such as blood glucose or body temperature, unlock your door or pre-authorize your credit card. The curved implant (above) would be somewhat decorative or aesthetic, run off your body’s electro-chemical energy, not need batteries, and have a public view (the outside of your hand... Continue Reading
Wearables: the ‘comfy sensor patch’ changes color, a cushion nags on posture
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/skin_heart_monitor-1.jpg” thumb_width=”175″ /]Another sensor patch out of the John A. Rogers ‘skunk works’ at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign is designed to be continually worn (presumably in a discreet–not discrete–place) and is capable of monitoring temperature and moistness on the skin’s surface, relating to cardiovascular health and skin care. This ‘epidermal photonic sensor’ has 3,600 0.5mm squared “thermochromic liquid crystals patterned into large-scale, pixelated arrays on thin elastomeric substrates” (meaning a stretchy sensor). Based on this Editor’s reading of the research abstract, color changes with temperature; algorithms and a digital camera shot of the patch then turn temperature data into... Continue Reading
A salmagundi of (mainly free) opportunities to learn more about health technology this autumn (UK)
...second meaning of a heterogeneous collection, not necessarily of edible items - it is in that sense that I use the word. Interestingly the reverse has happened with the word 'collation', which I have previously used to describe a more ordered collection of items on TTA. The original sense was used by John Cassian in his Collationes Patrum in Scetica Eremo Commorantium ('Conferences with the Egyptian Hermits') written CE 415–20, from which a reading would be given in Benedictine communities prior to a light meal after a fast. As a result that light meal came to be called a collation.... Continue Reading
What do 65+ really want? Travel the world.
John Boden There is only problem with this wish list and that is that number 4 (Win the lottery). It is the actual financial plan the greatest majority are using to be able to do the rest of the things on their list.... Continue Reading
It’s official! mHealth in the ‘trough of disillusionment’
John Nosta OK...I see some of these points but still feel a bit uncomfortable with these projections. Perhaps it's partly because the "rate" of innovation" seems fixed for the wide variety of technologies and devices. I'm not sure that this is the case. Breakthrough innovations can yield rapid acceleration and adoption. So, I find Gartner's chart very interesting--I still wonder if it's a bit out of touch... Donna Cusano Your example of rapid adoption is 3D scanners--from Trigger in 2013 chart (just added) zipping through the curves right to Enlightenment (and well up the curve). Mobile Robots (2013) became Smart... Continue Reading
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