Smart Telescopic Contact Lens

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Researchers in Switzerland are working to develop magnifying contact lenses that zoom in and out with a wink. The innovative new vision-enhancing system, the first of its kind, includes a set of telescopic lenses and smart glasses that can distinguish between blinks and winks so that the user can easily flick between zoomed and normal vision. The visual aids, which are still in the prototype stage, could be useful for those with visual impairment, which affects some 285 million people worl...
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Smart Bracelet

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Snowcorn is a bracelet like concept device with sixth sense which includes a built-in projector, a camera and Wi-Fi connectivity. Moreover, this device can be placed anywhere on around your neck or chest. The transparent part of this device is a screen that can show basic functions or time and more complicated controls are done by the projected UL. You will be able to customize it with your desired color and style. This device will allow you to scan a business card to include the person’s par...
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Inhalable insulin

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Afrezza® is an inhaled human insulin indicated to help improve glycemic control in adults with diabetes mellitus Inhalable insulin is a powdered form of insulin, delivered with a nebulizer into the lungs where it is absorbed. Inhaled insulin is another option for people with diabetes to control their blood sugar. It works for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The FDA has approved an inhaled, rapid-acting, dry-powder formulation of recombinant human insulin (Afrezza–Mannkind/Sanofi) for tre...
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iSwimband is the first portable and personal drowning detection system for parents and caregivers.

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Swimband is a personal water safety system that is designed to prevent accidental drowning for toddlers. iSwimband is a Bluetooth device that connects to a smart phone or tablet to alert parents if a swimmer has been underwater for a long period, or a non-swimmer has entered the water. Swimband is the world's first wearable wireless sensor designed to notify you immediately with audible/visual alerts on your smartphone, tablet and linked speakers if a swimmer has been submerged dan...
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Abbott glucose monitor eliminates finger sticks

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Blood glucose monitoring technology has evolved since the test strip. Now there are electrochemical sensors being developed that employ a two or three electrode system and are convenient to use. (Vashist, Zheng, Al-Rubeaan, Luong, & Sheu, 2011). The Abbott company has been a pioneer in diabetes monitoring systems. They are starting to roll out a new glucose monitoring system in select markets and should be worldwide in the near future. The FreeStyle® Libre Pro Flash Glucose Monitoring...
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Portable, consumer-level device capable of collecting and interpreting large amounts of data to accurately diagnose specific medical conditions

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By leveraging technological advances in wireless monitoring, artificial intelligence, and affordable point-of-care biomedical processes, new opportunities in consumer-driven, in-home, medical diagnostic tools are not only possible, but they are the future of health care. Many of us have spent hours navigating through a disjointed, complicated health care system, the failures of which are frustrating to both patients and providers. What if, instead of waiting several weeks to get an appointmen...
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CardioMEMS HF System measures and monitors real-time 24×7 pulmonary artery (PA) pressure and heart rate in heart failure patients.

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CardioMEMS HF System measures and monitors the pulmonary artery (PA) pressure and heart rate in certain heart failure patients. The System consists of an implantable PA sensor, delivery system, and Patient Electronics System. The implantable sensor is permanently placed in the pulmonary artery, the blood vessel that moves blood from the heart to the lungs. The sensor is implanted during a right heart catheterization procedure. The PA sensor is about the size of small paper clip and has a thin, c...
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Car Jump Starter Mobile Battery Charger

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Indigi® Car Jump Starter Mobile Battery Charger Power Bank As Emergency Car Battery Booster 12800mAh Cellphone Laptop Backup Power Source   Smallest, lightest, and most powerful portable 12 Volt Car Vehicle Jump Starter - Power Bank Power Source for All iPhone, iPad, iWatch, Galaxy Phone, Smartphone, Android Phone, Smartwatch, Watch Phone, Laptop, Notebook, MP3/MP4 Player, GPS, Camera and PSP so on Built-in 12800mAh power bank with 12V DC output, it features a key switch to choose...
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The Triple Therapy Knee Pain Reliever

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This is the hands-free device that combines LED light treatment with vibration and compression massage to ease pain and stiffness in the knee. Only available from Hammacher Schlemmer, it is ideal for addressing the symptoms of arthritis, bursitis, edema, and injuries without medication. The reliever consists of a vibrating shell that fits around the patella and a surrounding ring of 12 LEDs. While the nodes systematically vibrate to massage muscles surrounding the knee, kneading out tension a...
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Aurai is an innovative and practical water-propelled eye massager

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The Aurai is an innovative and practical water-propelled eye massager that helps you relieve eye strain and stress. the Aurai eye massager consists of two parts including an eye mask measuring 6.5 x 2.76 x 2.56 inches and a controller measuring 8.27 x 1.77 x 1.97 inches. The eye mask has a minimal, sleek and ergonomic appearance. Using its adjustable and detachable strap, the eye mask fit on a variety of wearers. Unlike most regular eye massagers using rigid vibration, Aurai utilizes a uni...
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Reliefband® is a wearable technology for the treatment of nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy or motion sickness.

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The ReliefBand was designed to specifically combat nausea and vomiting. The technology uses programmable pulses "with highly specific waveform, frequency, and intensity to stimulate the median nerve on the underside of the wrist," according to the company. You can turn Reliefband on and off, or up and down in 5 settings to suit your individual needs.  Reliefband works within minutes, without the side effects or drug interactions of medications.  Just slip it on your wrist, adjust the intensit...
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MIT Startup Exchange

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MIT Startup Exchange is a web community for the MIT innovation ecosystem, particularly MIT ILP's members, MIT-connected startups and all MIT employees or alumni who have active startup engagements. It currently list 1000+ MIT-connected startups in various stages of development. Some are acquired by other companies. We aim to grow but also to refine and curate that list to always reflect only true, active, emerging startups, with an archive of all historical startups retrievable through advanc...
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MIT China Startup Showcase – 7-11 November 2016

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Conference Exhibitor Opportunity, Presented by Wuxi municipal government & Jiangsu Provincial Gov The MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) offers a curated visit to China from 7-11 November 2016, including an MIT China Startup Showcase with speaking opportunities for MIT-connected startups that are interested in exploring the Chinese market. You will travel with a group of MIT Faculty. The local organizers will sponsor hotel costs for a small set of MIT startups (5+). The MIT-conne...
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Referendums held in Switzerland to introduce basic income.

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Referendums held in Switzerland in 2016 to introduce a basic income. The idea of giving everyone in society free money—a universal basic income—has been getting a lot of attention recently. The Finnish government is planning a big experiment, where up to 100,000 people could get about $1,100 a month. Four Dutch cities will probably run trials this summer. And several other cities and states, from Canada to Spain, are interested. This June, Switzerland will be the first country to actually ...
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Microsoft HoloLens used to explore human body using augmented reality technology.

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Cleveland Clinic has partnered with Case Western Reserve University to release a Microsoft HoloLens app that allows users to explore the human body using augmented reality technology. The HoloLens is a headset that superimposes computer generated 3D graphics onto a person’s field of view, essentially blending reality with virtual reality. The HoloAnatomy app lets people explore a virtual human, to walk around it looking at details of different systems of the body, and to select which are show...
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GE Healthcare’s innovative pocket-sized ultrasound

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Innovative Handheld ultrasound Vscan and Vscan with Dual Probe An intuitive pocket-sized ultrasound device that enables medical professionals including cardiologists, general practitioners, OB/GYN, primary care, emergency physicians and intensivists to easily image at the point of care - transforming the physical exam with more information to determine the optimized course of treatment for patients. St. George's Hospital in South London has started using Vscan, a small device, similar to a ...
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Shapie new 3D selfie

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3D scanning manufacturer, Artec, has created a 3D body scanning booth where 12 seconds of scanning results in a “Shapie” figurine. The Artec Shapify Booth is 3D body scanning and selfie making automated machine. Use it to sell hundreds of high quality personal figurines every month. Scan your customer in 12 seconds. 5 minutes later a detailed 3D model is created automatically. These beautiful and lifelike ceramic figurines are printed using 3D printers. They look hand-painted, but are prin...
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Engineers at UC Berkeley are developing a new ‘Smart bandage’

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Engineers at UC Berkeley are developing a new type of bandage that does far more than stanch the bleeding from a paper cut or scraped knee. Associate professor Michel Maharbiz explains how the smart bandage works to detect bedsores. (UC Berkeley video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Phil Ebiner) Thanks to advances in flexible electronics, the researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at UC San Francisco, have created a new “smart bandage” that uses electrical currents to detect early tissue dama...
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Smartphone Based Blood Pressure Monitoring

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Xiaomi Technology in collaboration with the American company iHealth Labs have developed smart phone blood pressure monitoring device.. The device looks a little different from the classic tonometer: the appropriate size cuff is connected to the docking The device looks a little different from the classic tonometer: the appropriate size cuff is connected to the docking stanitsa, which is connected to the smartphone with preloaded software platform. The application retrieves the data and outpu...
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Acoustic engineering transcribes crackling knee sounds into moving graph

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You’ve injured your knee. A doctor straps a listening device to it, and the noises you hear coming out of it are cringe-worthy. “Crackle! Krglkrglkrgl! Snap!” Your knee isn’t breaking; it’s only bending, and in the future, those sounds could help doctors determine whether the convalescing joint is healthy yet, or if it needs more therapy. Research engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing a knee band with microphones and vibration sensors to listen to and measure the ...
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Flu Vaccine in Painless Skin Patches Under Development at Emory, Georgia Tech

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Flu vaccine delivered through painless microneedles in patches applied to the skin could soon be an alternative to delivery through hypodermic needles, according to researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Using new grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling approximately $11.5 million over five years, researchers from the two institutions plan to develop a new vaccine product using the microscopic needles. "A vaccine administered through a sk...
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CUR a wearable patch that delivers high frequency impulses to block pain signals directy

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Thimble Bioelectronics, a California-based company that focuses on developing digital pain management products, announced on this week that it is working on a wearable pain relief patch. Similar in look, size and shape to an ordinary band-aid; the product is based on Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), a type of therapy that uses low-voltage electrical current for pain relief. Just place it where it hurts. The optimal waveform, amplitude, and modulation pattern settings are au...
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‘Medical Feather’ device helps find patient’s veins easily and painlessly

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Medical Feather is an innovative medical device concept that allows simple procedures to do intravenous easily and painless. It consists of Doppler ultrasound and thermal patch. Doppler patient’s veins easily helps finding patient’s veins easily, it saves more time instead of finding it manually. Thermal patch is used to mark the area where medical staff can make proper injection. Medical Feather was designed by Adrian Borsoï, a young entrepreneur and industrial design student from France....
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New Innovative Medical Devices

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BodyMedia FIT Armbands If you ever wondered just how much calories you burn in a day, or how much your walk to the office helps you stay in shape, then the BodyMedia Armbands will be something that you only dreamed about. State of the art sensors pick up even the tiniest detail and can send it to your smartphone for a complete graph of your calorie burn over the day. A great tool to have if you are preparing to take a diet. You will end up running in the park to beat yet another record… ...
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Linky foldable electric longboard

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Linky electric longboard is a foldable electric longboard, it can compact to half the length when not in use, making it small enough to fit inside a backpack. That’s right, no more accidentally hitting people with your unwieldy deck when taking the train or walking in a crowd – at this size, you can conveniently squeeze the whole thing into whatever bag you have on hand.   Linky in the palm of your hand. A full length longboard, when folded, thanks to our patented system, it’s 400...
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Painless Laser Epidermal System Gives You Meds With No Needles, No Pills

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Painless Laser Epidermal System (aka P.L.E.A.S.E.), a new drug delivery system that puts meds into your body by shooting you with lasers. Pew pew, indeed. Created by Pantec Biosolutions AG, the transdermal drug delivery method works by blasting your skin with lasers to create micropores where medication can be absorbed. The process is touted to be completely painless for all parties involved (both the patient and the doctor), unless somebody mistakenly arms the laser with deadly force and fil...
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Hoseless, Maskless, Cordless Micro-CPAP Device

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Airing has invented a micro CPAP device that has no hoses, no cords, and no masks. And we did it for one reason: too many sleep apnea patients don’t wear their CPAP masks at night. And who can blame them with those awful masks, cords, and hoses. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a form of positive airway pressure ventilator, which applies mild air pressure on a continuous basis to keep the airways continuously open in people who are able to breathe spontaneously on their own. It i...
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Exoskeleton Harvests Energy While Walking

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THE POWERWALK® KINETIC ENERGY HARVESTER The PowerWalk enables users to produce 10-12 watts of power as they walk. Over the course of an hour, walking at a comfortable pace, users wearing a harvester on each leg can generate enough power to charge up to four smart phones. The system typically can generate enough power from one hour of walking to recharge four smartphones. The product is initially intended for military use; if a soldier can generate extra electri...
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Smart home use products

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Cabidor Behind-Door Storage Cabinet The Cabidor Storage Cabinet mounts on any standard door. It has 6 adjustable and 2 fixed shelves. You can move it from one door to another without causing any damage. SmartScope: Turn Your Tablet Into an Oscilloscope SmartScope from LabNation: a gadget that turns your tablet, laptop, or smartphone into an oscilloscope. It is compatible with a variety of platforms. The SmartScope comes with 4 digital inputs, 4 digital outputs, an arbitrary waveform gener...
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Mom’s pick for innovative products that have before and after life

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The Peg Perego Tatamia High Chair   Sometimes a baby swing is the only way to get a fussy baby to calm down — Liz used to claim her babies were motion junkies — but they take up so much room. Same problem with my high chair: I need it, but it’s bulky to have sitting around the kitchen when its not in use. Well believe it or not, we’ve found one product that serves both functions. The Peg Perego Tatamia high chair can work as an  infant swing and reclining seat for nap time, but it a...
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