❤️ 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.
🖨 5 ways that 3D printers can be useful in healthcare
3D printer technology is called additive manufacturing (AM) in the industry, and for the average person has ended up a bit in the shadow of other, more everyday innovations. But technology can revolutionize healthcare.
🦻 Device for $1 can help millions with hearing loss
You can build your own Saad Bhamla hearing aid and it consists of parts that are cheap and easy to find. The device can help millions of people suffering from age-related hearing loss at a price that is lower than for a bottle of water.
🕹 Video games contribute to children's literacy, creativity and mental health
New research shows that video games have a positive effect on children, including their ability to read and write.
👓 Facebook's AR glasses should also improve your hearing
Advanced sound technology should be able to determine which sounds are important to you and amplify them by using AR glasses that determine what you are interested in.
🔭 AI detects Alzheimer's
AI detects altered language in people with early-stage Alzheimer's. It opens up completely new ways of diagnosing.
🥛 Gargle test for COVID-19 which only takes seconds
Gargle, spit and a few seconds later you have the answer if you have COVID-19. A new test is now being tested in Israel.
🤜🏾 Polio is now eradicated in Africa
A vaccination program has reached its goal - after decades of work (and cooperation!), the African continent has now gotten rid of polio infection.
🚴♂️ Protect your skull with a 3D-printed bicycle helmet
The British company Hexr has developed a bicycle helmet that is 3D-printed completely according to your unique main measurements - also in a renewable material.
💧 Recyclable material turns salt water into drinking water in 30 minutes
If we can find a scalable way to desalinate seawater, water scarcity would be a thing of the past in many parts of the world. MOF material can be the way there.