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
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JJ Shavit
- Apr 26, 2022
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.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 18, 2022
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.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 16, 2022
An innovative technology for 6G communication networks
A new waveguide could revolutionize THz signal transmission and processing for faster and broader communication links.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 14, 2022
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.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 8, 2022
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.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 4, 2022
What are ‘Kosher’ phones and what do new reforms in Israel mean to the industry?
Israel’s Ministry of Communications has announced a new plan to reform the country’s market for “kosher” mobile phone services.
JJ 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
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 30, 2021
Revolutionary new quantum dot LED (QLED) is as flexible to fold as paper
The new 3 icrometer thick QLED paper can be folded into complex 3D structures such as butterflies, airplanes, and pyramids.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 27, 2021
Smartphone sensor data could detect if you are 'high'
A smartphone sensor, much like what is used in GPS systems, might be a way to determine whether or not someone is high from canibus.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 27, 2021
New technology developed to check body temperature with smartphone camera
Thermal-imaging sensors that detect and capture images of the heat signatures of human bodies and other objects
JJ Shavit
- Jul 27, 2021
New technology to check body temperature with smartphone camera
Technology for low-cost, thermal-imaging sensors has been developed for use in smartphones and autonomous vehicles
JJ Shavit
- Jun 10, 2021
Imagine a telescope as thick as a sheet of paper - welcome to the Spaceplate!
Can you imagine one day using a telescope as thin as a sheet of paper, or a much smaller and lighter high-performance camera?
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