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    Mobile app provides effective support for children with obesity
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 7

    Mobile app provides effective support for children with obesity

    100 children from Martina Children’s hospital in Stockholm were able to try the digi-physical treatment concept over a period of one year.
    Meet QuitBet -- the motivational game that helps people quit smoking
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 29

    Meet QuitBet -- the motivational game that helps people quit smoking

    Quitbet is an innovative way to help people quit smoking – by letting them bet on themselves and win real money.
    Simply and quickly detect gluten in food using a cellphone
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 17

    Simply and quickly detect gluten in food using a cellphone

    The system designed by the UPV team is a color test in which the change of color—in this case, turning red—indicates the presence of gluten
    New mobile phone app shows how well shoes will fit based on the 3D shape of the user's foot
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 10

    New mobile phone app shows how well shoes will fit based on the 3D shape of the user's foot

    The app is designed for online shoe retailers to offer to their customers, to provide accurate fitting of different types of shoes and feet.
    Smartphone-powered microchip powers at-home medical diagnostic testing
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 3

    Smartphone-powered microchip powers at-home medical diagnostic testing

    Research team has developed a new microfluidic chip for diagnosing diseases that can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone.
    New mobile app helps reduce lower back pain
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 2

    New mobile app helps reduce lower back pain

    Back problems are among the most common causes of sick leave. Worldwide, back pain is the most common cause of disability.
    You can control your smartphone via a new eye-tracking tool
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 26

    You can control your smartphone via a new eye-tracking tool

    The problem with unwieldy phones is they often require a second hand or voice commands to operate—which can be cumbersome and inconvenient.
    Biblical history and modern information brought together in new mobile app
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 7

    Biblical history and modern information brought together in new mobile app

    A user can tap a location to bring up pictures, more information and current events taking place in the area.
    New smartwatch app improves sleep quality for those with nightmare disorders
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 30

    New smartwatch app improves sleep quality for those with nightmare disorders

    NightWare’s digital therapeutic uses the watch’s sensors to track the user’s heart rate and movement as they sleep.
    Smartphone, M.D.: Turning your smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 29

    Smartphone, M.D.: Turning your smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system

    A new cell phone app and lab kit have transformed a smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system.
    Players needed to solve puzzles and help advance cancer research
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 28

    Players needed to solve puzzles and help advance cancer research

    Scientists in Barcelona have launched GENIGMA, a videogame that enlists players to solve puzzles while generating real-world cancer data.
    App helps preemie parents feel confident caring for their newborns
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 23

    App helps preemie parents feel confident caring for their newborns

    Parents in NICU receive a dizzying amount of information about their baby’s changing weight, respiratory levels, feeding patterns and more.
    Love at Lambeau? Iowa man uses dating app to fill open Packer ticket for Christmas day game
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 30, 2021

    Love at Lambeau? Iowa man uses dating app to fill open Packer ticket for Christmas day game

    A man from Iowa used a dating app to find someone to bring to the Green Bay Packer game on Christmas Day.
    New app helps track random acts of kindness
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 30, 2021

    New app helps track random acts of kindness

    The team behind the Kindland campaign developed the “Just Be Kind” app to track all the good deeds that often fly under the radar.
    Wearable device can detect and reverse opioid overdose
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 24, 2021

    Wearable device can detect and reverse opioid overdose

    The device, worn on the stomach like an insulin pump, senses when a person stops breathing and moving, and injects a lifesaving antidote.
    Irish startup introduces FoodMarble, the world's first personal digestive tracker
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 3, 2021

    Irish startup introduces FoodMarble, the world's first personal digestive tracker

    FoodMarble AIRE, a pocket-size hydrogen breath analysis device, combines state-of-the-art technology with personalize digestive science
    Feeling depressed?  Columbia University researchers developed an app to help
    Joshua Shavit
    • Oct 28, 2021

    Feeling depressed? Columbia University researchers developed an app to help

    Research shows that training primary care physicians in to identify and treat depression can improve patient outcomes and even save lives.
    New app transforms an iPhone into a 3D augmented reality-ready camera
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 21, 2021

    New app transforms an iPhone into a 3D augmented reality-ready camera

    To capture 3D humans, the standard approach is to perform a volumetric capture within a specialized studio equipped with dozens of cameras.
    ‘Headspace’ app could benefit people with asthma
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 15, 2021

    ‘Headspace’ app could benefit people with asthma

    People with asthma given access to a popular mindfulness app improved symptoms and quality of life after just three months.
    First cashier-less supermarket in the Middle East opens in Dubai
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 7, 2021

    First cashier-less supermarket in the Middle East opens in Dubai

    The first completely automated cashier-less store opened in the Middle East, as French retail giant Carrefour rolled out its future vision.
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