Tag: Health
Laboratory-based IoT: is connectivity new in the realm of science?
The Internet of Things is broadly defined as “the interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send...
Sensor City welcomes new local and international tenants
A raft of businesses focused on driving innovation in sports technology, tele-rehabilitation and cloud platforms have signed up as tenants at Liverpool’s new center...
Q&A: Blue Cross Blue Shield MA – how IoT is changing...
Internet of Business spends five minutes with Bruce Nash, chief physician officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts, talking IoT and its impact on the future...
Elemental Machines uses AT&T IoT tech to make lab equipment smarter
Elemental Machines is using IoT technology from American telecom giant AT&T in a bid to make its critical lab equipment smarter.
The Massachusetts-based company uses...
Americans happy to share data in emergencies, but snooping fears remain
The majority of US consumers would happily share their personal data with police or healthcare providers via IoT devices, but there are limits to what...
Nokia OZO: Where virtual reality and brain surgery meet
Virtual reality gets most coverage from its use in gaming, but it has many more applications, including some with the potential to save or...
New spray-on nanomesh wearables could bolster health monitoring
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a mesh-based substance known as nanomesh that could be used to make wearable health monitors.
The research...
“Scary” number of healthcare IT execs put faith in inadequate IoT...
More than 70 percent of healthcare IT decision makers (ITDMs) believe that traditional security products can secure IoT-onnected medical devices.
That’s according to a survey...
Malawi and Unicef open air space for drone deliveries
Unicef has joined forces with the government of Malawi to set up an air corridor to test humanitarian drone applications.
Some 80km of air space...
Liverpool’s Sensor City aims to be “global hub” for sensor technologies
The Sensor City facility, a collaborative venture between Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Liverpool, has appointed Alison Mitchell as its executive director.
Mitchell,...
Tobii Pro combines eye tracking with VR to understand human behaviour
Stockholm-based Tobii Pro is a world leader in eye-tracking technology, with its products and services used by businesses and academic institutions around the world....
Inmarsat: IoT ‘essential’ to digital transformation strategies
For businesses aiming for digital transformation, the IoT is now the leading technology to deploy, according to research from global mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat.
As...