#Mobile_Apps

Joseph Shavit

New smartphone app accurately tests how well blood clots

Blood clots in patients with medical issues, such as mechanical heart valves or other heart conditions, can lead to a stroke or heart attack

Joseph Shavit

Smartphone app usage data alone can reveal your identity, study shows

The time a person spends on different smartphone apps is enough to identify them from a larger group in more than one in three cases.

Joseph Shavit

Smartphone app can vibrate a single drop of blood to determine how well it clots

Researchers have developed a new blood-clotting test that uses only a single drop of blood and a smartphone vibration motor and camera.

Joseph Shavit

Smartphone reminders can improve memory for older adults with dementia

Adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment were able to improve their memory by using a personal assistant app on their smartphones.

Joseph Shavit

‘Surgery selfies’ could spot serious infections early, study says

Smartphone pictures of post-surgical wounds taken by patients and then assessed by clinicians can help with the early ID of infections

Joseph Shavit

Too Hot? New Apps Let Users Rent Private Swimming Pools by the Hour

Scorching temps. Baking cars. Thermostats straining under the load trying to maintain 78 degrees at home. Why not go for a dip and cool down

Joseph Shavit

AI Powered App Scans A Pile of LEGOs and Shows What You Can Build

There are two types of people when it comes to LEGO storage. Those who keep meticulous sets or those who haphazardly bin their legos.