3M (NYSE:MMM) has sued a Florida company for allegedly trying to sell tens of millions of the company’s N95 respirators to the federal government at inflated prices. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida alleges that Orlando-based Geftico LLC twice attempted to fraudulently sell the “likely nonexistent” respirators at […]
Facebook, NYU partner on AI-powered MRI project
Facebook’s artificial intelligence lab is partnering with New York University’s medical school to try and try to improve magnetic resonance imaging systems, according to a CNN report. NYU’s medical school will provide the social media giant an anonymous dataset of 10,000 MRI exams to train a deep-learning algorithm to recognize anatomical arrangements in hopes that […]
How virtual and mixed reality are changing drug delivery and device design
Kai Worrell believes that virtual and mixed reality may change the way companies design medical devices, and he’s putting that idea into practice. “We think it’s going to transform the way we do feasibility testing and cognitive walk-through simulations,” he said. “We think it’s going to help us understand the cognition of our users, clinical […]
Elder-care challenges prompt tech execs to create startups, apps
Facebook plots first steps into healthcare
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc already knows who your friends are and the kind of things that grab your attention. Soon, it could also know the state of your health.
What does Facebook’s $2B Oculus buy bring to healthcare? | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — New Facebook (NSDQ:FB) target Oculus VR may have some important offerings for the healthcare world, especially in imaging-based diagnostics and immersive rehabilitation therapy.
