E-Skin Smart Fitness Shirts Transform Your Body Into a Gaming Controller

Japanese startup Xenoma is making a splash in the wearable fitness industry with its e-skin smart fitness shirts. Outfitted with sensors, the e-skin shirts essentially turn your body into a gaming controller as every movement…

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Neutrogena’s iPhone Scanner Gives You a Detailed Analysis of Your Skin

Neutrogena has developed a new device which is capable of telling you way more about your skin than you probably want to know. The SkinScanner, which attaches to the top of your iPhone, essentially takes…

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Fitbit Invests $6 Million In Young Glucose-Monitoring Startup Sano

San Francisco-based startup, Sano, which was started in 2011, is developing what the company calls a minimally invasive, continuous glucose monitor that users can wear on their skin like a patch. Despite being around for…

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Startup Keet Health Acquired By Portland-Based Outpatient Rehabilitation Software Maker

Keet Health out of Austin, Texas, is a provider of software which helps patients connect with digital care plans, messaging, and patient education and communication. Recently, the tech startup’s communication platform for medical providers was…

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New Injection System Dispenses Drugs Without Needles

Those of us with an aversion to needles may soon be able to overcome the stress of needle phobia. A team of MIT researchers has developed a needleless injection system that can deliver a range…

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BioMimics Creates 3D-Printed Human Hearts And Bones For Medical Device Testing and Education

BioMimics from Stratasys, are fully functional, 3D-printed models of the human heart and bones, developed to assist hospitals, researchers, and medical device manufacturers. According to Stratasys, these anatomical models are the most complex and accurate…

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Digital Pills Can Track Painkiller Use In an Effort to Combat Opioid Addiction

Opioid addiction is on the rise so in an effort to curb this troubling trend, doctors are turning to digital pills. The idea is to have prescription opioids comprised of radio transmitters which will be…

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FDA Approves the First Medical Device Accessory, an EKG Reader, for the Apple Watch

AliveCor, whose CEO is former Google+ boss Vic Gundotra, has become the first company to have a medical device approved by the FDA for use in the Apple Watch. In fact, AliveCor’s KardiaBand electrocardiogram (EKG)…

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