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Spotting Cancer Biomarkers with a Smartphone

Spectometer Device
Engineers at Washington State University have built a prototype spectrometer, using a 96 well plate holder, a light box, [MORE]

Robust Dipstick Urinalysis

Stanford Home Urine Test
For diabetics, first it was the DIY urine dipstick in 1956, then the personal glucometer for home [MORE]

POC Device for Hospital Acquired Infections

PAD Device
In proof-of-principle research, bioengineers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a point-of-care device that can interface with a table [MORE]

Sometimes It’s a Simple Idea that Works Best

Human Heart Anterior
Google Cardboard is simply a viewing box for a smartphone, but with those two tools, and an app [MORE]

Microfluidics Device for DNA Testing

Paper Machine
Quoting directly: “The ‘Paper Machine,’ as the researchers behind the project call it, is a microfluidic device made out [MORE]

Digital Diffraction Diagnosis

Cancer Diagnosis Using SmartPhone
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center has been testing a small imaging device that is attached to a [MORE]

Detecting Stroke with a Smartphone

Samsung Developing Wearable Sensor for Stroke Detection
Imagine this: your eyeglasses have sensors that fit snug to the temples and are [MORE]

Diagnosing Syphilis on a Smart Phone

Smartphone Dongles for Blood Testing
Equipment to test blood for syphilis or HIV can run well over $10,000, but engineers at [MORE]

Artificial Pancreas System

Artificial Pancreas
People with Type 1 diabetes are especially vulnerable at night, when their glucose level can fall precipitously and cause [MORE]

Implantable, Continuous Glucose Monitor

Continuous Implantable Glucose Monitoring
At least two companies (GlySens in San Diego, CA and Senseonics, Germantown, MD) are competing in a [MORE]

Monitoring Sleep Apnea with a Smart Phone

Smartphone-app-for-Sleep-Apnea
Sleep apnea is nothing to snore over. It can be debilitating by itself, as well as indicating other issues like [MORE]

Eye Implant, Smart Phone Monitoring for Glaucoma

Stepen Quake Developer of IOP Measurement Device
The eye’s internal pressure has some of the same characteristics as blood pressure. Many [MORE]

3D Motion and Depth Sensing

Project Tango
Smartphones seem to be getting smarter. This piece is an introduction (with an invitation to developers) to Google’s “Project [MORE]

“Phenomizer” App

Phenomizer-app
Anyone looking for “low hanging fruit” in the area of medical field work technology, might pick up this smartphone app [MORE]