BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones is using AI to monitor his Parkinson’s

Navigating the kitchen of his West London home to collect his pill tray, his right foot drags slightly — a symptom, along with his shaking hand, of the Parkinson’s which Rory, 63, was diagnosed with in January 2019 As his right hand starts to tremble with increasing urgency, veteran BBC correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones glances at it … Read more

BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones is using AI to monitor his Parkinson’s

Navigating the kitchen of his West London home to collect his pill tray, his right foot drags slightly — a symptom, along with his shaking hand, of the Parkinson’s which Rory, 63, was diagnosed with in January 2019 As his right hand starts to tremble with increasing urgency, veteran BBC correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones glances at it … Read more

Apple may add sensors to monitor blood sugar and alcohol levels in its upcoming Apple Watch

Your Apple Watch may tell you when you’ve had too much to drink or if your blood sugar is too high. In recent SCC filings, UK medical tech company Rockley Photonics listed Apple as its ‘largest customer,’ which could add its non-invasive sensors to the devices to measure a number of markers in the blood. … Read more

Samsung’s new foldable phones could have in-display blood pressure monitor

Samsung phones are not new to blood oxygen tracking and even heart rate monitoring. With the advent of smartwatches, the features steadily shifted to the likes of Galaxy Watch 3, which has an ECG monitor and can measure blood pressure. Samsung however is supposedly considering bringing blood pressure monitoring to its foldable phones with health … Read more

2020 was Europe’s warmest year on record, says EU climate change monitor

Europe had its warmest year on record in 2020, according to worrying findings from the European Union’s climate change monitor.  Data from Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provides another stark warning for humanity regarding climate change, as temperatures have shot up in the last half-decade.   2020 temperatures in Europe were more than 2.8°F (1.6°C) above the … Read more

Europe had its warmest year on record in 2020, says EU climate monitor

Europe had its warmest year on record in 2020, according to worrying findings from the European Union’s climate change monitor.  Data from Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provides another stark warning for humanity regarding climate change, as temperatures have shot up in the last half-decade.   2020 temperatures in Europe were more than 2.8°F (1.6°C) above the … Read more

Thugs will be fitted with ‘sobriety tags’ to monitor when they drink alcohol and could be jailed

Thugs will be fitted with ‘sobriety tags’ to monitor when they drink alcohol… and they could be JAILED for breaching abstinence order under new scheme Sobriety tags will be one of the measures courts can impose on criminals  Device takes a sample of sweat every 30 minutes to detect any alcohol levels The new scheme … Read more