All posts tagged "health technology"

Health Tech

Blue light can accelerate ageing

Changes in cell chemistry from blue light exposure could potentially have harmful effects on our body

Health Tech

Fit can fire up your workout

The Huawei Fit Watch 2 combines Bluetooth calling and a long-lasting battery with health tracking and...

Health Tech

Shapeshifter bots will floss your teeth

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shown how a shapeshifting robotic microswarm of nanoparticles can...

Health Tech

Has your phone got the flu?

The FluBot malware has caused mayhem on Android devices because it uses messages that are easily...

Health Tech

Extremely quiet fans can improve our health

A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has identified and eliminated the harmful noise...

Health Tech

Your text data will show if you suffer from PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder is often masked by our coping mechanisms, but machine learning may offer a...

Health Tech

Coffee could detect brain waves

Coffee lovers won't be surprised to hear that their essential beverage has a property that could...

Cybersecurity

Old software endangers SA healthcare

Kaspersky’s new Healthcare report 2021 shows that 40% of healthcare organisations in South Africa have medical...

Hardware

Wearable market shifts from activity to smarts

Global shipments for wearables grew 9.9% during the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) reaching 138.4 million...

Health Tech

‘A robot replaced my knee!’

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

Gadget of the Week

Taking the pulse of insurance

As activity bands become better at collecting health data, life insurance is catching up, writes ARTHUR...

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Future of healthcare shaping up before our eyes

By FATIMA KHOTA, category head POS, Rectron

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No more needles?

Engineers have developed a microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin to achieve the...

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CES 2021: Prepare for electronic contact lenses

New technology launched this week enables computer circuitry to be embedded into name-brand soft contact lenses.

Stream of the Day

CES 2021: Now AI can detect Alzheimer’s

A biotech startup claims that AI brain mapping with an EEG can now detect pre-clinical Alzheimer's...

Product of the Day

CES 2021: iSyncWave uses AI to test brain disorders

The device aims to make brain-health monitoring easier for individuals and doctors.

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AppDate: New healthcare app keeps you safe at home

In his last AppDate of the 2020, SEAN BACHER highlights MediVic, Quench delivering from Dis-Chem, Bolt...

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First knee replaced via AR

An orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has performed the first augmented reality...

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Machine learning is the new key to healthcare

‘Machine learning’ promises to transform healthcare, but there are many challenges on the way, writes ARTHUR...

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Now for self-healing electrical skin

A doctoral student at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has invented a soft polymer...