Coin-sized device debuts at CES that monitors vitals to detect potential coronavirus symptoms

Coin-sized device debuts at CES that monitors vitals to detect potential coronavirus symptoms after just a few days of users sticking it to their chest By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: 21:03 GMT, 11 January 2021 | Updated: 21:04 GMT, 11 January 2021 Vaccinations are making their way to the public and as society returns … Read more

New ‘wearable paint’ PRINTED on the body monitors vital signs

Researchers have developed a wearable circuit that could be printed on the body to monitor body temperature, blood oxygen levels and other vital signs.  Earlier efforts to develop wearable circuitry required temperatures over 570° Fahrenheit, making them impractical for the human body. Scientists at Penn State University overcame the heat issue by adding a layer … Read more

WeChat monitors international users’ text messages to identify content to censor in China 

WeChat ‘monitors international users’ text messages to preemptively identify content to censor for its Chinese users’ The Citizens Lab studied how WeChat builds their database of blacklisted terms They found the company monitors international messages to preemptively identify potential images or content that should be banned in China The app creates a ‘hash’ code for … Read more

Doctors call for oxygen monitors to be prescribed to most vulnerable

Doctors have launched a campaign calling for home devices that measure blood oxygen levels to be available on prescription. They act as an early warning system for people at increased risk of a ‘silent pneumonia’ death due to coronavirus. They want the matchbox-sized gadgets, known as pulse oximeters, to be given to those in most … Read more

Doctors call for oxygen monitors to be prescribed to most vulnerable

Doctors have launched a campaign calling for home devices that measure blood oxygen levels to be available on prescription. They act as an early warning system for people at increased risk of a ‘silent pneumonia’ death due to coronavirus. They want the matchbox-sized gadgets, known as pulse oximeters, to be given to those in most … Read more

MIT invents wireless box monitors the breathing and sleeping patterns of COVID-19 patients at home

As a critical shortage of ventilators looms, New York Governor Andre Cuomo revealed Friday that the state will begin repurposing BiPAP machines to sustain severely ill coronavirus patients.  Last week, the state resorted to converting anesthesia machines to supplement its stockpile of an estimated 6,500 ventilators.  Thursday, Cuomo said he wasn’t sure if BiPAP machines … Read more