Amazon’s New Delivery Robot
Amazon announced that it will begin field testing it's new delivery robot, Scout, in Snohomish County, Washington, with Prime customers. It's telling that Amazon's first delivery robot in the wild is on wheels, not propellers.
Amazon’s Modular LIDAR system
Amazon's LIDAR system is specifically applied to drones, but what about cars? Well, Amazon recently announced a self-driving food delivery vehicle developed in partnership with Toyota.
Market Highlight – US may have to export weaponized drones.
China has been selling many of its military drones to Gulf militaries such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia, as China is one of the few, if not only, countries that are exporting weaponized drones to them. The U.S. is now feeling pressured to…
PV panel hits 29% efficiency
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology–Lausanne have developed a new concentrating PV panel for residential application that has a conversion efficiency of 29% and is said to be standardized for mass production.
Valencell settles lawsuit with Apple, but Fitbit fight is ongoing
Valencell, located in Raleigh NC, is determining and improving the quality of physiological assessment parameters based on biometric signals and motion signals.Although Valencell has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Apple,…
Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid are predicting migraine attacks
Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid are determining in real time the level of activation of the trigeminovascular system.
uBiome preventing heart disease with antimicrobial
uBiome, located in San Francisco CA, is administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound for inhibiting CutC and/or CntA enzymes associated with microorganisms. CutC and CntA enzymes are associated with cardiovascular and…
Lear Corp is using sensors on a vehicle seat to detect drivers’ drowsiness
Lear Corporation, located in Southfield MI, is developing a vehicle seating system that can detect and quantify the drowsiness and the emotional state of the seat occupant in a vehicle.
Facense is measuring respiration to estimate aerobic activity
Facense, located in Israel, is utilizing measurements indicative of respiration in order to estimate an aerobic activity parameter such as oxygen consumption.
eQuility tickling ears
eQuility, a startup located in Bellevue WA, is measuring neural signals indicative of a physiological status of the subject and stimulating nerves in and around the ear accordingly.
ZOLL Medical is monitoring lung fluid levels with reflected radio-frequencies
ZOLL Medical, located in Israel, is monitoring physiological signals of patients with a continuous or near-continuous transmission and analysis of monitored physiological data during the monitoring process.
Researchers at Wayne State University are determining the likelihood of sepsis
Researchers at Wayne State University, located in Detroit MI, are determining the likelihood of current or near-future occurrence of sepsis in a patient by analyzing patient information.
Vizzario is analyzing vision data to assess a person’s vision performance
Vizzario, located in Venice CA, is obtaining, aggregating, and analyzing vision data to assess a person's vision performance.
Researchers at Columbia University are measuring your pee
Researchers at Columbia University are monitoring the output of fluids, such as urine and blood, by measuring weight.
Researchers at the University of California are controlling individual polymers in mixtures
Researchers at the University of California are regulating the time at which an individual polymer in a mixture is acted upon by another compound, for example, an enzyme, in a nanopore. The compositions can be used to diagnose whether a…
Tata Consultancy is detecting arrhythmia using PPG signals from a patient
Tata Consultancy is detecting arrhythmia using PPG signals from a patient.
EU approves Sivantos and Widex $8.3 billion hearing aid merger
Sivantos, headquartered in Singapore, is operating hearing devices by using data obtained from an electromyography of a user's auricular muscle.Sivantos and Widex have won EU approval for their $8.3 billion hearing aid merger.
Faraday Future is monitoring health via vehicles
Faraday Future, located in China, is monitoring people's health via vehicles by capturing occupant and environmental information of the vehicle.
Samsung Bioepis is expanding in mainland China
Samsung Bioepis, a joint venture between Samsung and US biotech Biogen, has said it is expanding in mainland China through a licensing agreement with C-Bridge Capital.
Researchers at the University of Michigan are developing ways to detect and identify target nucleic acids
Researchers at the University of Michigan are developing ways to detect and identify target nucleic acids with high confidence at single-molecule resolution.
MeMed Diagnostics is using biomarkers to rapidly detect the source of infections
MeMed Diagnostics, located in Israel, is using biomarkers to rapidly detect the source of infections and to administer the appropriate treatment.
LR Technologies is developing a hybrid electromagnetic field signal detection system
LR Technologies, located in Rockville MD, is developing a hybrid electromagnetic field signal detection system for human bioelectrical signal monitoring using wearable sensors.
IBM commits $50 million to research; teams with Broad Institute
IBM Watson Health will make a 10-year, $50 million investment in research collaborations and teamed up with Broad Institute to predict risks of cardiovascular disease.
Carrot deals with smoking
Carrot, located in Redwood City CA, is monitoring biometric and contextual variables to assist in the screening for, quantification of, prediction of, and cessation of smoking behavior.
Researchers at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University are monitoring health using IoT-vitals sensing nodes
Researchers at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, located in India, are developing a health-monitoring system that uses IoT-vitals sensing nodes attached to a patient's body.
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