FDA Approved SenoClaire is a mammography device that produces 2D digital images

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

SenoClaire is a mammography device that produces 2D digital images as well as multiple cross-sectional images of the breast for the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer. How does it work? The SenoClaire device consists of hardware and software upgrades to the Senographe Essential 2D full-field digital mammography system, which is FDA-approved for conventional mammography. The hardware upgrade produces multiple, low-dose x-ray projection images of the breast; the software upgrade uses the ...

iPhone based projector

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

The Pico Genie A100 is the world's first accessory case for iPhone 4 /4s/iPod Touch 4 with a built in pico projector, extended battery and external speakers. Super slim Pico Genie A100 iPhone Projector is clever oojimaflip is a powerful projector, speaker and back-up battery in one. With a spectacular 60” viewing area it’s the ultimate way to view your snaps. Not to mention browsing the net, reading documents, playing games and watching videos. The A100 will boost the sound so the whole r...

Deeper Smart Fishfinder

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

Deeper Smart Fishfinder 3.0 is a wireless, castable echo sounder. It can be cast to any spot on the water. The device floats on the surface and transmits detailed bottom and water column information straight to the screen of your smartphone or tablet. It captures depth, bottom structure, temperature, vegetation, fish location, and other valuable data points that are essential for productive fishing. Bluetooth connection secures the distance between the device and its user up to 130 feet / 40 met...

‘Botiful’ Skype based telepresence robot

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

Botiful is an Android powered robot revolutionizing the way you communicate with distant people. The telepresence robot was created by Claire Delaunay, an engineer working for SRI, a non-profit research and development company in southern California. Botiful Lets You Remotely Keep Your Skype Pal's Face in Frame. Delaunay plans to release a software development kit to expand the applications of the robot even further once it hits the consumer market. The Skype remote control interface al...

ICEdot Crash Sensor For Helmets

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

ICEdot Crash Sensor detects life-threatening impacts and sends an emergency message through your smartphone to someone who can get you medical help. When an incident happens, the ICEdot sends a Bluetooth signal to an app on your smartphone. An alarm will sound on the phone, giving you a chance to stop the distress signal from going out if you're ok. If you don't stop the app, it sends an SMS text message to your pre-specified emergency contacts with your GPS coordinates. COMPLETE SET: The IC...

PICOOC Smart Digital Body Fat Scale

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

Smart weighting-scale. It can analyze the user’s body conditions in details and offer effective suggestions according to her/his age, height with a combining of weight. It is suitable for any group of people we mentioned above. It provides you with a set of digital methods depending on it measuring result. This device can help you know the state of your body better, because it can analyze your physical data like weight, fat percentage and rate of fresh, etc. In this way, it offers you a he...

Smart Pen

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

OTM Technologies has produced Phree, a digital pen that allows users to write on any surface, sending the data to a paired computer or mobile device. The pen is compatible with a variety of software programs such as EverNote, Microsoft Office, OneNotes, Acrobat, Google Handwriting Keyboard, Viber, and others. The pen is equipped with a laser at its tip, which reads the user's writing and sends the data via Bluetooth pairing to a linked device. Its sophisticated optical tracking engine results...

Delsey’s New Pluggage Connected Bag

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

French luggage manufacturer Delsey has revealed a prototype connected smart bag. Known as Pluggage, the bag links to a companion app. New developments in IoT have revolutionized mobility and created new and exciting products. For travelers, these changes result in more ways to be assisted on their journeys, to be informed in real time about their modes of transportation, and to access new services to simplify their travel and ensure peace of mind. Responding to the inherent requirements of...

SmallTech’s Nano BioSensor And Other Healthcare Products

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

Biosensors are analytical devices that utilise biological responses to create electrical signals and ultimately an analysis of a substance. Biological systems such as antibodies or enzymes are attached to carbon nanotubes or nanowires that act as transistors. When a protein binds, it interacts with the electrons traveling through the nanotube or nanowire, altering its conductivity. This principle can used to detect biological molecules or viruses in the air, water or blood. The nanowires or n...

NASA’s Nanotechnology-Based Biosensor Helps Detect Biohazards

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. This biosensor will be used to help prevent the spread of potentially deadly biohazards in water, food and other contaminated sources. NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in California licensed the biosensor technology to Early Warning Inc., Troy, N.Y. Under a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement, NASA and Early Warning jointly will develop biosenso...

FDA has approved ‘KAMRA’ Inlay (“inlay”) a dark, ring-shaped device that is implanted in the cornea to improve near vision for patients

Posted on June 25, 2016 by

KAMRA Inlay ("inlay") is a dark, ring-shaped device that is implanted in the cornea, which is the clear, front surface of the eye. The inlay improves near vision in patients whose eyes have lost the ability to change focus for near vision, which is a normal part of aging (presbyopia). The device is 3.8 mm in diameter with a 1.6 mm diameter hole in the center. It has 8,400 tiny holes to allow oxygen and nutrients to flow across the cornea. How does it work? The eye surgeon uses a laser to make...

Profusa Debuts Tissue-integrated Sensors for Long-term Continuous Monitoring of Body Chemistry

Posted on June 25, 2016 by

Injectable biosensors that become one with the body’s tissue may one day replace the clinical lab for making our body chemistry continuously accessible for improved personal wellbeing in health and disease. Promising a new era in digital health, Profusa, Inc., based in South San Francisco, Calif., today debuted its injectable Lumee™ biosensor technology at the Pioneers Festival held at the grand Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria. Ben Hwang, Ph.D., Profusa’s chairman and chief execu...

Robot dog by Google’s Boston Dynamics that can do home chores

Posted on June 25, 2016 by

SpotMini is a new smaller version of the Spot robot, weighing 55 lbs dripping wet (65 lbs if you include its arm.) SpotMini is all-electric (no hydraulics) and runs for about 90 minutes on a charge, depending on what it is doing. SpotMini is one of the quietest robots we have ever built. It has a variety of sensors, including depth cameras, a solid state gyro (IMU) and proprioception sensors in the limbs. These sensors help with navigation and mobile manipulation. SpotMini performs some tasks au...

Elon Musk’s Vision To Build Domestic Robots.

Posted on June 25, 2016 by

OpenAI — the artificial-intelligence research non-profit, San Francisco-based company co-chaired by Tesla Motors CEO Musk and Y Combinator President Sam Altman — wants to build a robot for your home. Building a robot, OpenAI's leadership explains in a blog entry on Monday, is a good way to test and refine a machine's ability to learn how to perform common tasks. By "build," the company means taking a current off-the-shelf robot and customising it to do housework. The idea behind the non-pr...

Samsung’s New Mobile Health Monitoring Smart Bio-Processor

Posted on June 24, 2016 by

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced that it is addressing the growing trend of quantified health with an all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health-oriented wearables market, the Bio-Processor. The Samsung Bio-Processor, now in mass production, is specifically designed to allow accelerated development of innovative wearable products for consumers who are increasingly monitoring their health and fitness on a daily basis. “With improveme...

Philips proprietary camera based monitoring technology measures absolute arterial blood oxygenation (SpO2) levels without ever touching the patient

Posted on June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 by

Absolute oxygen saturation of arterial blood (SpO2), a vital sign that is commonly monitored in hospitalized and other patients, can be accurately measured across multiple patients using contactless technology. The study, published in the June issue of the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia, used Philips proprietary camera-based monitoring technology to measure the light reflected off the foreheads of 41 healthy adults to calculate SpO2. Through the results of this study, Philips, a global leade...

CUJO Smart Internet Security Firewall

Posted on June 24, 2016 by

CUJO Smart Internet Security Firewall - Protects Your Network from Malware, Viruses and Hacking / Plug-N-Play / For Home & Business / iOS & Android App. CUJO is like a virtual door for your connected home. It is a smart firewall that guards all devices on your network with business-level security. Plug it into your router or modem and control it with your iPhone or Android app. CUJO will protect you against privacy violations, financial fraud, malicious sites, and other cyber thre...

App Helps Blind See Their World

Posted on June 23, 2016 by

VelaSense® is an eyes-free and hands-free assistive software that brings the full power of mobile technology and cloud computing within reach for visually impaired users. The system provides high-accessibility access to routine smart phone functions and also exploits the phone's integrated camera and motion sensors to characterize the user’s environment. Acquired information is then delivered back to the user through non-sight sensory modes such as hearing and touch. VelaSense® was developed ...

Transform Your Smartphone into a Breathalyzer

Posted on June 23, 2016 by

BACtrack is the leader in breathalyzers, offering a full range of innovative breath alcohol testers for both personal and professional use. How It Works Breathe Breathe into the BACtrack and results are sent wirelessly to your iOS or Android device. See See accurate reading and a ZeroLine® estimate of when your BAC will reach 0.00%. Decide Decide what comes next. Save your number? Test someone else? Switch to water? Hand over your keys? Persona...

EnChroma glasses – Color for the Color Blind

Posted on June 23, 2016June 23, 2016 by

EnChroma glasses, a marriage of color vision science and optical technology. The only specialty eyewear that alleviates red-green color blindness, enhancing colors without the compromise of color accuracy. Color blindness (or color vision deficiency), is a condition where a person’s eyes are unable to see colors under normal light. People with color blindness have a hard time telling colors apart from each other. HOW EYES SEE COLOR The retina contains approximately 6 ...

FDA Approved ‘WATCHMAN’ that prevents LAA blood clots from entering the bloodstream and potentially causing a stroke.

Posted on June 23, 2016 by

WATCHMAN LAA Closure Technology consists of a delivery catheter and a device that is permanently implanted in the left atrial appendage (LAA) of the heart. The device, often referred to as the WATCHMAN, prevents LAA blood clots from entering the bloodstream and potentially causing a stroke. It is made of a self-expanding, nickel-titanium (Nitinol) frame with an attached woven plastic cap. How does it work? The physician inserts the delivery catheter into the body through a vein in the leg. Th...

NASA’s Inexpensive Cooling Systems for Electronic Devices

Posted on June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 by

NASA - Technology Opportunity: Nanotube-Based Device Cooling System Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are being studied for applications in high strength/low weight composites and other applications. Recent research on thermal dissipation materials for high power electronic devices is generating a lot of interest in various industries. NASA has developed a method for cooling a device, such as an electronic device, that produces extreme heat that must be dissipated. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted ...

‘EyeForcer’ glasses monitor wearer’s posture and alerts when slouching

Posted on June 22, 2016 by

The EyeForcer is a medical tech wearable for kids who use smartphones and tablets. It monitors posture to prevent Gameboy Disease. It helps to stop slouching over their smartphones and tablets every day. Posture is one of the fundamental things when it comes to muscle activity and fatigue. However, a minute strain can lead to very serious problems. And, for sports professionals and athletes, even a minute injury can lead to serious consequences. One of the major reason which leads to posture ...

‘Breathe Up’ – air quality monitoring and physical activity tracking device.

Posted on June 22, 2016 by

Breathe Up is a unique solution that combines advanced air quality monitoring technology and physical activity tracking. Based on your location, Breathe Up application will connect you to the most relevant sensor in your area and provide you with real time information on current air quality. The impact of air quality also depends on your individual profile and your activity. A young child, an elderly person, an athlete or a person with asthma will not be impacted in the same proportions when ...

FoldiMate is the clothes folding robot

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

San Francisco startup has revealed an robot helper that does it automatically. FoldiMate is a robotic clothes and laundry folding machine. Dubbed ‘Your laundry folding friend’, FoldiMate uses a conveyor belt, several robotic arms and an adjustable tray that pushes out expertly folded apparel in less than a minute. EASY TO USE Anyone in your family can do it NEATLY FOLDED You don’t have to be a professional to have consistent, high-quality folds SAVE TIME Finish a laundry l...

Hyperkin’s Smart Boy Lets You Play Game Boy Games on Your Android Phone

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

The Smart Boy Developer Kit lets you insert the phone into a casing that closely mimics the original Game Boy, complete with a cartridge slot for your old games. Smartboy Development Kit attaches to Android smartphones, turning the phone into a handheld gaming device. It will be compatible with Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges. Included in the kit is an open source serial app and firmware, which will enable developers of all kinds to advance Hyperkin's current build toward a retail-read...

Tap Strap -Innovative virtual keyboard

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

Tap Strap has a series of embedded sensors which monitor mechanical information of the hand and fingers. This information is processed by an MCU in the Strap, which decodes the raw data into finger tap combinations and transmits the resulting characters or commands via a Bluetooth radio. The Tap Strap is a Bluetooth device that turns any surface — or even the air — into a one-hand keyboard. You place your fingers through the holes in a flexible strap, and the strap senses your finger motions....

Propeller is the IoT device that helps manage COPD, Asthma, and other respiratory diseases in real-time

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

Propeller Health now has a connected inhaler. This FDA cleared mobile application and IoT device helps patients, physicians and public health agencies systematically manage COPD, Asthma, and other respiratory diseases in real-time. The propeller sensor is a small device that easily fits to most inhalers. It wirelessly syncs with your smart phone so that you’re phone automatically captures and records your trends of usage including the time, date, and location of when you use your inhaler. ...

Nasa’s Nonvolatile Molecular Memory – miniaturized for ultra-high density, low power consumption media

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

Approaching the limits in miniaturization for ultra-high density, low power consumption media, this capability may enable orders of magnitude increases in on-board data storage capabilities that are compatible with space exploration system resource limitations of mass, power and volume. Benefit The increasing needs for on-board electronic memory will grow rapidly in order to keep pace with the requirements for subsystems involved in flight demonstration projects and deep space operations. Ex...

Senza System is an implanted device that can help treat chronic pain in the trunk and/or limbs

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

Senza SCS System (Senza System) is an implanted, rechargeable spinal cord stimulation system for the treatment of chronic pain of the trunk and/or limbs that is difficult to manage (intractable). The main components include an implanted signal generator that is connected to one or two implanted leads, and external doctor and patient controllers. How does it work? The doctor implants the signal generator and leads through a small incision in the patient’s back. The implanted signal generat...