❤️ Health Tech
Health Tech, or digital health, helps us understand and take control of our own health. But we also cover more traditional health news like medicines, vaccines and medical procedures.
🦟 Satellites help predict outbreaks of diseases
20 years ago, foreseeing diseases would be seen as science fiction, but today it is a reality. Through a combination of satellite data and models, researchers can predict outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases weeks in advance.
🍚 The Philippines gives GMO "Golden Rice" green light
Vitamin A deficiency affects millions of children worldwide. The Philipines have now become the first country in the region whose authorities have approved a genetically modified nutrient-enriched rice for cultivation.
🧠 A small company beats Elon Musk in the brain-chip race
Neurlink is not the only company trying to merge the man with the machine. Synchron has now got approved by FDA to implant its "brain-computer interface" on patients with severe paralysis, for an early feasibility study.
🧬DeepMind plans to releases a database with all known proteins in the world
DeepMind has created an AI that can predict the shape of a protein with the accuracy of a fraction of an atomic width. The company now provides access to the shape of millions of proteins in an open database.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Video games rot your brain... not!
The ancient statement that games are bad for you are getting old, and not in a good way. In this article, you get the edge of how video games can help you grow attractive traits and skills that help you both in private- and work life.
🌋 Mobile app reunites families in volcano eruption
A newly developed app helps families reunite during volcanic eruptions. The app has already helped reunite children with their parents in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
😩 An inflatable implant can ease pain more efficient than pills
An implant thin as hair that wraps around the spine can help patients that suffer from severe pain.
🥽 VR provides pain relief to kids with burn injuries
A VR app reduces the pain when children with burn injuries need to do dressing changes.
🐝Vaccine for bees makes them immune against pesticides
A vaccine can break down pesticides in the stomach of bees, preventing them from dying. The new vaccine has turned into a company.