In an agrivoltaic study, UCLA engineers put a semi-transparent solar roof on a greenhouse, and some unexpected things happened with both the roof and the plants. The researchers at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering designed semi-transparent organic solar panels that can absorb energy from sunlight without blocking the light that the plants need. The study, […]
Global femtech company, Femometer, launched its temperature-based cycle tracking app to women worldwide today. The app is the first to utilise the latest temperature tracking technology of the Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra. Femometer is helping women who are trying to conceive (TTC) better understand their own unique cycle and pinpoint ovulation […]
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has rapidly deployed Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise EPR solution across its three hospital sites; Worcestershire Royal, Kidderminster Hospital and Alexandra Hospital. The deployment has enabled the trust to quickly embark upon its digital transformation journey, improving patient safety and streamlining clinical workflows. The system, which went live in January, has […]
Next up in our special report series, we’re looking at all things AI. Artificial intelligence is currently at the forefront of health tech news. Since the new year, we’ve seen a wealth of stories hit the headlines, from Google Research and DeepMind researchers publishing an evaluation of an AI application used to understand and generate […]
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk, sponsored by Spirit Health! For this episode, we interviewed Dr Janak Gunatilleke, director for healthcare data and analytics at KPMG UK. We discussed how AI can solve clinical problems, what is preventing AI solutions from being adopted, and his thoughts on to tackling the ongoing challenges in […]
It’s time for our next HTN Now event – through live webinars, written pieces and our Let’s Talk podcast, we’ll be sharing a range of experiences, thought leadership and views on data and AI. Tickets are free; register for yours here. To begin, we’re starting the day with the latest edition of our Let’s Talk […]
Student nurses and allied healthcare professionals (AHPs) at Huddersfield University are being offered placements in two local hospitals to open their eyes and minds to the possibilities of digital healthcare. The pioneering scheme – thought to be one of the first in the UK – will proactively expose the participants to technology already being used […]
The new Cornell study addresses something different: how we perceive the passage of microseconds. Understanding those mechanisms may help us to manage trauma, in which instantaneous experiences are remembered as drawn out, Dr. Ogden said. When trying to assess the importance of an experience, she said, “our brain just looks back and says, Well, how […]
In July, Jennifer O’Brien got the phone call that adult children dread. Her 84-year-old father, who insisted on living alone in rural New Mexico, had broken his hip. The neighbor who found him on the floor after a fall had called an ambulance. Ms. O’Brien is a health care administrator and consultant in Little Rock, […]
The electric bicycle company Engwe has just launched its latest e-bike design known as the Engwe M20. While borrowing significantly from other e-bikes in the industry, the M20 goes its own way in one key area: the price tag. That’s because this dual-suspension electric moped starts at just $1,299, though an extra $150 early bird […]
