Researchers replace blood tests with a 5 second pulse of light to detect Malaria
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By being able to replace blood tests with a pulse of light from a smartphone connected device researchers have just made a major breakthrough. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Soon you’ll be able to measure blood pressure with just a selfie
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are getting closer to the time when our smartphones become tricorders and this is just another step in that direction. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Non invasive wearable tech monitors cholesterol levels through the skin
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cholesterol can be a killer but detecting and measuring it is normally invasive and tricky, but soon your smart watch could measure it for you. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Diagnosing Type 2 diabetes is now as easy as taking a selfie
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Diabetes is a killer, and the earlier people can detect it the sooner they can seek potentially life saving treatment and advice. Love the Exponential Future? Join our free XPotential Community, enjoy premium content, futureproof yourself with XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Forget about...
Your smartphone can now use your voice to predict heart attacks
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Democratising access to high quality healthcare is of critical importance globally, and increasingly all you need is a smartphone. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Exponential technologies are helping us achieve amazing new things, from helping wean the world...
A revolutionary $100 kit can now detect any pathogens in under an hour
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Figuring out if you’re ill or not is the easy part, but figuring out what disease you have is difficult until now. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The combination of the cameras, microphones, and sensors in smartphones...
This new prototype Covid-19 test requires just a smartphone and your voice
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Getting millions of people tested for coronavirus has become increasingly problematic and contentious, but to take this new test all you need is a smartphone or a computer. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. What do you get...
US CDC launches a Cornoavirus self-checker bot to ease pressure on front line staff
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As governments around the world tell people with COVID-19 like symptoms to self isolate a shortage of testing kits mean self-diagnosis is a guessing game, this helps alleviate the problem. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. As the...
Doctors get a powerful new AI tool to help them diagnose ADHD faster
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Artificial Intelligence is helping doctors diagnose more and more syndromes that were previously hard to diagnose. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a powerful new tool in the fight to properly identify,...
An AI has learned to predict people’s moods from the way they walk
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When we think of biometrics most people think fingerprints and facial recognition, but the way you walk is a rich source of information too. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Recently I discussed how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is...
An AI learned to identify PTSD symptoms better than human experts
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF PTSD is an incredibly difficult condition to diagnose even for humans, now an AI has mastered it and even taught the humans a thing or too. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Recently I discussed how Artificial Intelligence...
Researchers have created a digital nose that can sniff out disease
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are many ways to detect disease, and one of the most effective ways is using smell, so scientists have developed a digital nose. An electronic nose typically identifies odours by detecting the “fingerprint” of a chemical compound across an array of sensors that are...
Can your smartphone detect when you’re depressed? This startup thinks so
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Mental health issues are growing in number but in many cases they go left undiagnosed or treated, this breakthrough could help change that. Today we can use smartphones to detect cancer, dementia, eye diseases, heart disease, illness and even inherited genetic conditions, but could...
AI is now better at diagnosing eye diseases than human experts
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, but they’re also a window to our health. Recently we’ve seen breakthroughs where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is better at diagnosing dementia, fatal heart conditions, inherited genetic diseases, lung diseases, pancreatic cancer, skin cancer, and even the...
Doctors will soon be able to track your health through walls using your wifi
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Imagine being able to have your health and emotions monitored wirelessly wherever you were, whether it’s in your house or even out in the street, that’s the promise of this new technology. Imagine a box, yes, that’s it, similar to the wifi router you...
Researchers use AI to turn smartphones into lab grade microscopes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Not everyone has access to a lab grade microscope, and if you’re a doctor in the middle of nowhere that’s an issue that will delay disease diagnosis and potentially put lives at risk, this breakthrough will revolutionise front line medicine. Today we are on...
Diagnose the onset of dementia using your voice and this smartphone app
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to diagnose cognitive conditions using just a smartphone, even if you have no formal access to healthcare, will help millions of people catch the signs of dementia earlier, meaning they can seek treatment sooner. WinterLight Labs in the US have just announced...
Smartphone app uses selfies to detect Pancreatic Cancer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Every year thousands of people die from Pancreatic Cancer, one of the most deadly forms of cancer, but now people can screen for it in the comfort of their own home using just their smartphone and an app. Better screening tools for all Cancer...
Empatica’s smartwatch predicts Epileptic seizures
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Epileptic seizures are debilitating, but they can also be fatal, this latest breakthrough pre-warns people before they have them. Embrace is a smartwatch of a different kind. It’s able to tell time, analyse sleep patterns, and, more crucially, it’s also able to tell if you’re about...
New smartphone app lets users detect fatal heart conditions at home
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to detect fatal heart conditions before they kill you is a good thing… enough said. The most common type of Arrhythmia, a form of atrial fibrillation, is an irregular beating of the heart that can lead to stroke, blood clots, or heart...
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