Medical Technology

@CatherineAdenle 5 years ago

Using AI to Help #Stroke Victims When 'Time Is Brain'. The world’s most-watched medical regulator is opening the door to #AI algorithms in #healthcare. In approving Viz’s #algorithms https://www.wired.com/story/using-ai-to-help-stroke-victims-when-time-is-brain/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare via @WIRED #ML #IoT #Robots #DL #DataScience #Health #Tech

@WIRED 5 years ago

The future of medical care on the battlefield looks like this flying robot https://www.wired.com/story/tactical-robotics-cormorant-autonomous?mbid=social_fb

@WIRED 5 years ago

For decades doctors have been probing both ends of the gastrointestinal tract, trying to decode its dark and slimy terrains. But, thanks to these pill-sized ...

@WIRED 5 years ago

"It’s not that there’s no effect of testosterone on athletic performance, but it doesn’t provide the kind [the IAAF] complain about."

@WIRED 5 years ago

With all the recent privacy scares, it’s kind of a weird time to be asking a million people to voluntarily hand over decades of health records and DNA ...

@WIRED 5 years ago

Not only is this Hit-to-Kill missile tiny, but it's tracking system borrows from medical imaging technology like X-rays, ultrasound, and endoscopy.

@WIRED 5 years ago

"It’s not that there’s no effect of testosterone on athletic performance, but it doesn’t provide the kind [the IAAF] complain about."

@WIRED 5 years ago

AI can be a boon for the human race. But there’s also reason for caution. This is the WIRED Guide to artificial intelligence.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Currently, CBD is a Schedule 1 drug like cannabis, and the DEA must reschedule it before the epilepsy medication can be sold. If approved, this would have ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

The once-underground world of indoor cannabis growing is coming out into the light.

@WIRED 6 years ago

This startup is developing an optical image system that the founder believes could eventually be used to make thoughts visible. But what would be the implications ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

This startup is developing an optical image system that the founder believes could eventually be used to make thoughts visible. But what would be the implications ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

Medicare patients with advanced cancers will now have access to a more 21st century diagnostic: gene-sequencing tests to match them with the right drugs.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Robotic surgery has been around for years, yet many medical students aren't getting adequately trained in how to use those systems.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Born at a barely viable 24 weeks, his life began as a battle for survival. His future is a test for how far neonatal medicine has come.

@WIRED 6 years ago

AI can be a boon for the human race. But there’s also reason for caution. This is the WIRED Guide to artificial intelligence.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Is there a problem with diversity in tech? The numbers tell the story.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Born at a barely viable 24 weeks, his life began as a battle for survival. His future is a test for how far neonatal medicine has come.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Inaccuracies in TV medical dramas and movies are nothing new, but over the years there have been some real doozies. We asked an actual surgical resident ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

Medicare patients with advanced cancers will now have access to a more 21st century diagnostic: gene-sequencing tests to match them with the right drugs.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Robotic surgery has been around for years, yet many medical students aren't getting adequately trained in how to use those systems.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Inaccuracies in TV medical dramas and movies are nothing new, but over the years there have been some real doozies. We asked an actual surgical resident ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

“My wife’s nurse had to stand for 30 mins and administer a drug slowly through a syringe because there are almost no IV bags in the continental US anymore."

@WIRED 6 years ago

“My wife’s nurse had to stand for 30 mins and administer a drug slowly through a syringe because there are almost no IV bags in the continental US anymore."

@WIRED 6 years ago

Sure, drop thousands of dollars to dodge lines and have a more pleasant visit to the doctor. Just don’t expect to live longer as a result.

@WIRED 6 years ago

AI can be a boon for the human race. But there’s also reason for caution. This is the WIRED Guide to artificial intelligence.

@WIRED 6 years ago

AI can be a boon for the human race. But there’s also reason for caution. This is the WIRED Guide to artificial intelligence.

@WIRED 6 years ago

They’re trying many of the same approaches that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have used for decades.

@WIRED 6 years ago

This company does for clinical trials what Kayak and Priceline did for travel.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Medical researchers have the cargo they need to test genetic therapies. Now they just need to figure out how to deliver it.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Implantable robots could be used to lengthen organs, a potential solution to serious childhood medical conditions.

@WIRED 6 years ago

This burly military-inspired pack might have too few bangs for too many bucks.

@WIRED 6 years ago

This burly military-inspired pack might have too few bangs for too many bucks.

@WIRED 6 years ago

As machine learning powers more and more medical device software, it’s made regulating them a whole lot trickier.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Competition in the fitness tracker game is getting fierce. Fitbit's solution? Pivot to being a medical device.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Competition in the fitness tracker game is getting fierce. Fitbit's solution? Pivot to being a medical device.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Today, modern medical imaging allows for “digital unwrapping” of mummies without damaging the contents within. (via Atlas Obscura)

@WIRED 6 years ago

Is anything really worth the risk of being turned Smurf blue though?

@WIRED 6 years ago

If social policy doesn’t deal with America’s ongoing social and political homelessness crisis, it’s going to be an even worse public health problem ...

@WIRED 6 years ago

You will be alarmed by what kind of information software companies collect from you while you visit some consumer website.

@WIRED 6 years ago

The technology, which makes your smartphone screen a window into the human body, is not on the market yet, but it’s already saved a life.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Is anything really worth the risk of being turned Smurf blue though?

@WIRED 6 years ago

The technology, which makes your smartphone screen a window into the human body, is not on the market yet, but it’s already saved a life.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Qualcomm is developing an entirely new kind of healthcare—one where tools like VR help doctors better understand, diagnose, and treat patients in real life.

@WIRED 6 years ago

For 150 years, neither doctor nor patient have found the speculum to be an optimal medical device. Now, it's finally getting a redesign.

@WIRED 6 years ago

Is anything really worth the risk of being turned Smurf blue though?

@WIRED 6 years ago

Is anything really worth the risk of being turned Smurf blue though?

@WIRED 6 years ago

For 150 years, neither doctor nor patient have found the speculum to be an optimal medical device. Now, it's finally getting a redesign.