Remote Doctor app targets rural and remote communities

Remote Doctors 4 Africa, a start-up focused on the digital healthcare ecosystem, is launching a new...

‘A robot replaced my knee!’

A Western Cape hospital has introduced a precision high-tech option for knee replacements, conducted with the...

Apple Watch gets bigger, curved display

The new smartwatch design has a display that curves at its corners, along with enhanced durability,...

Covid-19 and data science: Modelling a pandemic

By MARK LAMBRECHT, director of global health and life sciences practice at SAS

Smartwatch market on fire

Strategy Analytics reports that global smartwatch shipments leaped 47% to pre-pandemic growth levels in Q2 2021

Fitbit unveils Charge 5

A colour screen makes its debut on the new Fitbit Charge 5. It also gets an...

Eye scan tech enables better diabetes management

New biomarkers found in the eyes could unlock the key to helping manage diabetic retinopathy, and...

Stevie the robot joins ICU team

The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) and Steve Biko Academic Hospital...

World’s first adaptive-focus sunglasses launched

New smartglasses from adaptive lens pioneer DeepOptics enables a number of different prescriptions with a single...

Computers can now predict preferences directly from our brain

A research team from the University of Copenhagen and University of Helsinki demonstrates it is possible...

Anyone can get super-hearing

Researchers at Aalto University have now developed a new audio technique that enables people to also...

Huawei puts a smartphone in a smartwatch

Huawei has added more smartphone-like functionality to its upcoming Band 6, which is set to launch...

Google Wear OS merges with Samsung Tizen

Google has announced one of its biggest updates to its wearable platform, Wear OS. Yesterday at...

Robot surgeon will free up doctors in cancer surgery

US Medical Innovations (USMI) has announced that it is developing the first robotic delivery system for...

Selfies as Skin Saviours

New technology promises to let you drop the beauty filters and help your skin by doing...

Fitbit goes for fashion

Fitbit has come full circle with an elegant fitness tracker that includes many features of advanced...

Fitbit launches new fashion-focused tracker

The new Fitbit Luxe adds premium smartwatch features to an elegant fitness tracker form factor.

Fitbit brings ECG to SA

Fitbit has made available to its users in South Africa its electrocardiogram (ECG) app to assess...