Show of hands: How many of you have checked your symptoms online before? For those of you who have, how […]
Can a AI Health Chat Bot Keep Patients from Going to the Doctor?
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New Breathalyzer Helps Improve Your Digestion By Analyzing Your Breath
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Guess what? Now you can check how much gas you have in your bloodstream with a breathalyzer in the comfort […]
Awesome Alert: Affordable, 3D-Printed Bionic Hands For Kids Going to Clinical Trial
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While some governments continue to make discussions around healthcare feel like actual medical procedures, innovators have been busy creating literal […]
Awesome Alert: MIT Researchers Develop A Biosensor Tattoo
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The field of medical science is continually making jumps forward. Despite individual attempts gaining controversy, the successes show us that […]
Awesome Alert: Assistive Technology App Promises To Give “Voice To The Voiceless”
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Although Talkitt, the assistive technology app produced by Voiceitt, was launched a few years back, it’s their latest acquisition of $2 […]
Awesome Alert: 3D Printed Ovaries Have the Potential to Create Life
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If you’re at all a reader here on SnapMunk you’ll know that more than a few startups are pre-occupied with […]
Is VR The Magic Bullet The Healthcare World Needs?
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I’m on a tropical beach, gentle waves lapping the shore beneath the palm trees. “There is no past, no future, […]
Awesome Alert: Doctors Are Developing Odor Sensors To Diagnose What’s Wrong
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Did you know that every person has an “odorprint”? Very much like a fingerprint, it is a unique aspect made […]
Augmented Reality is Exploding – Here are 10 Up-and-Coming AR Companies Fueling the Fire
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Data suggests there will be 200 million augmented reality users by 2018. That’s a significant number of eyeballs immersing themselves […]
AliveCor Raises $30 Million In Series D Funding, Announcing Kardia Pro for Physicians
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We’ve seen the push for health care to have more modern technological innovations. Companies like PeraHealth, SIRUM, and AdhereTech all […]
Sorry Parents: There Aren’t Any Long Term Effects From Violent Video Games
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Ah, video games. Sweet, innocent video games. You keep trying to prove to people your excessive violence doesn’t lead to […]
VocalID Creates Synthesized Voices For The Speech-Impaired Via Crowdsourced Voicebank
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We can all agree that assistive technology is great. It gets even better when the contrivance involves not just software […]
PeraHealth Is Helping Healthcare Professionals With Algorithms That Monitor And Assess Patient Condition
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If you asked any sane person how they’d like to die, they’re not likely to say “in a hospital with plenty […]
Implants Could Get A Lot Safer With New Blood-Repellent Materials
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There’s a massive push to improve the overall quality of medical implants regardless if the new implant is organic or […]
A Really, Really Affordable Hearing Aid Smashed Its Indiegogo Goal
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It is said the best technology is invisible. Korean outfit Olive Union set about applying that maxim to hearing aids, […]
A Connected Smart Medication Bottle That Sends You Alerts
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Adhering to a medication schedule is tough for many people. Products such as pill reminder boxes have been created to […]
A Doctor Used Snapchat Spectacles To Film A Surgery; Here’s The Video
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Hey, remember last week when we published that article about how Snapchat is all growns up now? Well guess what: […]
Measuring Male Fertility With Your Smartphone
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For many men, the idea of visiting the doctor for a male fertility test can be kind of awkward, embarrassing and […]
Virtual Reality & The First Human Head Transplant: Bet You Didn’t See This Coming
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There are still millions of people who struggle with Tupperware lids and Listerine caps, but Sergio Canavero, an Italian neurosurgeon, […]
A Heart Monitoring App Can Detect Arrhythmia By Looking At Your Face
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When you think of heart monitoring, often images of classic stethoscopes, finger-clip-booths-at-the-mall, or expensive and bulky medical equipment come to mind. […]
This Web-Shaped Orthopedic Cast Lets Itches Be Scratched While Bones Heal
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If you’ve ever worn an orthopedic cast, you know that flexibility is not their strong suit. Especially when you’re itchy. That may change thanks to Cast21 and their 3D-printed, open weave cast that lets air and water in.
Allergy Amulet For Detecting Peanuts & Other Allergens Closes $1.1M
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The Allergy Amulet just closed a seed round to help people stay healthy wherever they eat. The fashion tech device is initially focused on peanuts, but will eventually help people with a food allergy detect all kinds of contaminants. The question is whether it’s more function or fashion.
A Paralyzed Man Can Feel Touch Through A Prosthetic Hand
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In 2004, at 18 years old, Nathan Copeland broke his neck in a car accident. The injury left him paralyzed, […]
The Mint Breathalyzer Is a Portable Test for Bad Breath and Oral Hygiene
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Here at SnapMunk, we’ve touched on the topic of breathalyzers for alcohol, but now there’s one for oral hygiene and […]
Microsoft Is Curing Cancer & BMW Is Making Shoes: Diversity You Can Depend On
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Fall is a time for branching out and embracing diversity. Companies large, medium and small are looking for new bounties outside […]
Shade Pursues More Accurate & Affordable UV Radiation Monitoring for Lupus Patients
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Targeted toward lupus patients, skin cancer sufferers and anyone else interested in monitoring their exposure to UV radiation, the Shade medical device and companion smartphone app is more than 25x more accurate than the similar device by Microsoft.
A Keurig for Cannabis: Pod Goes In, Vapor Comes Out
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CannaKorp, Inc. is a Stoneham, Massachusetts-based technology start-up company focused on simplifying and improving the experience for medical cannabis patients. […]
TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016: The Highlights
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TechCrunch Disrupt landed in the City by the Bay this week after making a pitstop in New York earlier this year. […]
Non-Invasive Device for Checking Vitamin Levels Vitastiq Crushes Crowdfunding Again
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When it comes to getting your nutrients, eating healthy is the best start. But once you’ve eaten, few people have much in the […]
Belli Award-Winning Smart Pregnancy Tracker Detects, Records & Analyzes Contractions
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The third trimester of pregnancy can be a trying experience for any expecting mother, especially with a first pregnancy, when almost everything is […]
Zipline, The Drone Designed To Deliver Medical Supplies In Developing Countries
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New drones from a company called Zipline will fly medical supplies to remote parts of developing countries. They use GPS technology to find their targets after being summoned by text message. It seems “the future of healthcare is out for delivery.”
A Biotracker Implantable In The Skin Just Got $7.5 Million In Government Grant Money
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Your fitness tracker counts calories burned and monitors heart rate? Pffft. That’s bush league. How about a tissue-integrated sensor implanted […]
Interviewing Founder Kevin Halsall of Ogo, The Hands-Free Self-Balancing Wheelchair
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This week we chat with Kevin Halsall, the founder of Ogo Technology and the inventor of a hands-free self-balancing wheelchair inspired by a Segway. The Ogo is taking crowfunding by storm and could be life-changing for people with disabilities. Plus, it’s just fun.
Bikanta, The Startup Detecting Cancer With Tiny Diamonds
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They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but they can also be a cancer researcher’s best friend – and contrary […]
A Confluence Of Technologies Will Offer A Chance To Experience New Life
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Talk to Robert Stromberg and Guy Primus, two of the co-founders of the Virtual Reality Company, and you get a vision […]
Weekly Snapshot: Tech News To Know June 6-10
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Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep […]
The Cutting Edge Anti-Aging Technology That’s Trying To Keep Us Young
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If eternal youth meant swapping DNA with a lobster, would you be up for it? And no, I’m not using […]
What Is Google / Alphabet Getting Up To In Healthcare?
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Most of us associate Google with its search engine, but Alphabet (its parent company title) is actually in the midst […]
Corevity Wants the Health Data We Track To Actually Be Actionable
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Health and fitness apps are the killer category in the wearables market; their growth is increasing 62% faster than the rest […]
A Wearable Mouse with Bite-Click and Head-Tracking for the Disabled
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We’ve come across Ogo, a wheelchair that’s unlike any available on the market, thanks to its self-balancing mechanism which allows […]
Weekly Snapshot: Tech News To Know April 4-8
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Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep […]
Constant Therapy Is Bringing Brain Rehab To Your Tablet
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A new tablet app, Constant Therapy, provides cognitive exercises as a kind of brain therapy for people recovering from traumatic brain injury, strokes, aphasia, and other memory and cognition issues. With their recent series A funding, they are poised to disrupt the brain rehab industry.
Breakthrough Tech Offers Alternatives to Knee Replacement
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The most common reason for knee replacement in the United States is severe osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative, “wear-and-tear” type […]
Weekly Snapshot: Tech News To Know Feb 14 – Feb 19
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Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep […]
Code & Ethics: Uncovering Unknowns In Our Medical Devices
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Would you put your life in the hands of a programmer who doesn’t let you or the doctor see their […]
The SuitX Phoenix Exoskeleton Gets People Walking Again, Affordably
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Exoskeletons first made the transition from science fiction to feasible technology in military and industrial applications. These are domains in […]
ElMindA Is Demystifying the Brain with Data Analysis and 3D Imaging
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Genetic engineering and biotechnology, once the subject of science fiction works, is increasingly moving towards reality. Just take a look […]
3D Printing Startups to Discover
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If you are as intrigued by the potential of startup companies as we at SnapMunk are, one growing sector you’ll […]
