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    New smartphone app accurately tests how well blood clots
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 26

    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
    Smartphone app usage data alone can reveal your identity, study shows
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 18

    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.
    Smartphone app can vibrate a single drop of blood to determine how well it clots
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 14

    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.
    Smartphone reminders can improve memory for older adults with dementia
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 8

    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.
    ‘Surgery selfies’ could spot serious infections early, study says
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 21, 2021

    ‘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
    Too Hot?  New Apps Let Users Rent Private Swimming Pools by the Hour
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 24, 2021

    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
    AI Powered App Scans A Pile of LEGOs and Shows What You Can Build
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 20, 2021

    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.

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