News tagged with mobile health
HP's missteps culminate in loss of 27,000 jobs (Update)
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has quantified the painful price that must be paid for the missteps of her predecessors as she tries to turn around the Silicon Valley pioneer. The bungling will wipe ...
May 23, 2012 |
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Health monitoring? There's an app for that
Researchers in New Zealand have developed a prototype Bluetooth-enabled medical monitoring device that can be connected wirelessly to your smart phone and keep track of various physiological parameters, such as body temperature, ...
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Mobile phone scanner detects harmful bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- A mobile phone that could detect whether leftovers in your fridge are safe to eat could be heading to an app store near you. A device has been developed that attaches to mobiles and can detect ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Researchers combine mobile phone technology and microscopy
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an optical accessory that turns an ordinary camera phone into a high-resolution microscope. The device is accurate to one hundredth of a millimetre. Among those who will ...
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Industry says Africa fastest growing mobile market
(AP) -- Sure, 24-year-old Gertrude Kitongo cherishes a cell phone as a link to family and friends, from her grandmother in a Ugandan village to former schoolmates in Zimbabwe.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Verizon workers return to work, without a deal
(AP) -- Thousands of striking Verizon workers will return to work starting Monday night, though their contract dispute isn't over yet.
Aug 21, 2011 |
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Distracted driving data and laws to prevent it don't match up
Cell phone distractions account for more than 300,000 car crashes each year. As a result, most states have put laws in place to limit or prohibit the use of mobile devices while driving. But a new study led by Temple University ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Disasters unfold 'intelligently' on phone screens
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a computer scientist has developed a method of making smart phones able to show a disaster unfolding in real-time on phone screens.
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Worry, resignation on potential cellphone cancer link
A World Health Organization warning of increased brain cancer risk for cellular phone users had many Americans alarmed Wednesday but resigned to needing the devices to do their jobs. ...
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Medical apps ease burden on hospitals
When Dr. Jose Soler got a late-night call about a critically ill patient, he grabbed his iPad and checked the results of the electrocardiogram test that just had been administered. Thanks to an app that zooms within half ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Mapping the deadly mosquito
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA is helping to take the bite out of mosquitoes and their deadly diseases by tracking their distribution and habitat via observation satellites, satnav, and mobile communications.
May 18, 2011 |
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Africa turns to cellphones for better health
The text message arrives with life-saving discretion: a neutral "see you at the clinic tomorrow" to remind patients to pick up a fresh batch of anti-AIDS drugs.
Mar 30, 2011 |
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New mobile can check pulse, send ambulance
A new phone developed in Singapore takes your pulse when you press your fingers on a receptor, and sends the results to a 24-hour medical call centre.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Digital health tech on display at electronics show
Technology companies showed off the latest innovations on the digital health care front at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) alongside the newest smartphones, touchscreen tablet computers and 3D television ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 09, 2011 |
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Adverse neighborhood conditions greatly aggravate mobility problems from diabetes
A study published earlier this year in the peer reviewed online journal BMC Public Health has found that residing in a neighborhood with adverse living conditions such as low air quality, loud traffic or industrial noise, ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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