Mobile health fans hoping to get a glimpse of Apple’s (NSDQ:AAPL) long-rumored iWatch today were left disappointed, but the company offered the public a look at its brand new HealthKit application, available in the next generation of iOS software.
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Samsung: Health tech is ‘single greatest opportunity of our generation’ | MassDevice.com On Call
Samsung dives into digital health with wearable sensor, $50M fund
Diabetes: Integrity Applications looks beyond optical for blood glucose
A 23-year career in the Israeli Navy might not seem like the ideal background for a medical device company chief, but for Integrity Applications chairman & CEO Avner Gal it turned out to be the perfect pedigree.
Engineering disruption: R&D firm Battelle pulls inspiration from surprising sources
Medical device executives and Ted Talk-ers love comparing the medtech industry to consumer electronics or aeronautics when making grand points about the market, but at Battelle cross-industry correlations speak to the core of the company’s engineering philosophy.
Allied Minds prepares $140M U.K. IPO to support U.S. R&D
Boston-based innovation development group Allied Minds is planning a $140 million (£83 million) initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in support of its effort to commercialize products in the U.S.
‘Brain-hacking’ devices may not be safe but they’re selling | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — A handful of consumer tech companies are selling neural stimulation devices that they say can improve cognition and sharpen focus, but the tech may pose unexamined risks to users.
mHealth: Apple’s long looked to bring medical tech into the fold
Video: Canadian students control robot arm with brain signals | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — A group of Canadian students hopes to help revolutionize prosthetics with the use of brain-controlled electronics.
University of Toronto student Ryan Mintz demonstrated the technology he developed with his team, showing how simple gestures such as winking or clenching your teeth can be translated into signals that the robot can translate into gestures.
Silicon Valley in-depth: Tapping medtech’s Big Data with AliveCor CEO Euan Thomson
LG enters mHealth with heart rate earphones
Consumer technology titan LG Electronics (KRX:066570) entered the healthcare game for the 1st time with the announcement of its heart-rate-monitoring earphones that combine music with wearable fitness monitoring and smartphone-based record-keeping.