Tag: body sensor network

Hey kids, Zamzee will get you paid for playing outdoors

Zamzee has partnered with The President’s Challenge to provide kids and adults with activity monitors and reward healthy behavior.

LUMOback shows the potential of crowdfunding for health tech startups

LUMOback won the Body Slam competition hosted by the USC Body Computing Lab last year and has spent the last eighteen months designing and developing a very cool product with major potential due to the prevalence of back problems, which will effect as much as 80% of the population at some point in their lives.

Orpyx is using body sensor networks to help diabetics prevent foot ulcers

Orpyx is using body sensor networks to help diabetic patients manage foot ulcers and prevent damage which is likely to result in amputation.

Stanford Student Startup Accelerator Launches StartX Med for Med and Biotech Startups

Stanford has launched a medical technology track within the university’s acclaimed StartX startup incubator. StartX Med offers the following specialized resources for our founders: Education: Tailored educational material in OTL negotiations, government grant writing, FDA submissions, IP law, reimbursements, and health care regulations Specialized Mentorship: An amazing network of mentors and alumni, including serial entrepreneurs, […]

Numera Health follows up BlueLibris acquisition with launch of HealthPort

Numera Health closes acquisition of mobile PERS developer BlueLibris and launches new Numera HealthPort telemedicine portal.

Striiv launches second generation Smart Pedometer, available at Best Buy

Striiv announces its second generation Smart Pedometer with the new Activity Motivation System, which will be available at Best Buy retailers.

Withings Body Scale enters into partnership with BodyMediaFIT Armband

BodyMedia has entered into a partnership with Withings to import data from the Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale into the BodyMediaFIT Activity Manager.

Study shows wireless sensor devices could become more practical with the help of power saving methods

Researchers have proposed methodologies for the sensor radios in Body Area Networks to reduce their power usage, the last obstacle to overcome.

The best of iMedicalApps – the digital textbook, prescription apps, and more

Greetings valued readers! This is the second installment of our bi-monthly summaries of our favorite posts (difficult to choose) as well as the posts we feel were best received by you, our readers. Our increase in the amount of information that we give to you means that you may not always have time to read everything we post in a given month. We are proud to be able to provide you quality app reviews and the latest mHealth news, so without further delay, here are our second round of favorite posts for February: