Baby tech: Pampers to deliver a big diaper change
In some home soon, a new parent will enjoy a smartphone glance as the first-time mom reads messages like Claire's diaper is dry. Bottle 46 minutes ago. Asleep 1 hour 22 minutes.
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News tagged with care system
Security
Ransomware surge imperils hospitals as pandemic intensifies
Hackers are stepping up attacks on health care systems with ransomware in the United States and other countries, creating new risks for medical care as the global coronavirus pandemic accelerates.
Nov 1, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Food-tracking AI system developed to reduce malnutrition in LTC homes
New technology could help reduce malnutrition and improve overall health in long-term care homes by automatically recording and tracking how much food residents consume.
Jan 31, 2022
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Engineering
Innovative mechanical system makes it easy to turn bedridden patients
It takes around five or six people and a considerable amount of effort to turn an intubated patient in a hospital bed. For patients in an artificial coma, this procedure is performed at least twice a day in order to improve ...
Feb 2, 2021
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Software
Exploring how people adapt to virtual-reality-induced cybersickness
While virtual reality has been around for decades, a combination of higher-resolution graphics, smoother tracking of the user's movements and cheaper, sleeker headsets has propelled the immersive technology into arenas beyond ...
Aug 16, 2022
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Robotics
Ready for duty: Healthcare robots get good prognosis for next pandemic
Not long after the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Czech writer Karel Čapek first introduced the term "robot" to describe artificial people in his 1921 sci-fi play R.U.R. While we have not yet created the highly intelligent humanoid ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
In pandemic, using drones to drop medical supplies from sky
With a loud whir and a whoosh, a fixed-wing drone slingshots out of a medical warehouse, zips through hazy skies at 80 mph, pops open a belly hatch and drops a box of medical supplies. Slowed by a little parachute, the box ...
May 27, 2020
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Security
French hospital cancels operations after cyberattack
A hospital complex in Versailles, near Paris, had to cancel operations and transfer some patients after being hit by a cyberattack over the weekend, France's health ministry said.
Dec 5, 2022
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Computer Sciences
One-stop machine learning platform turns health care data into insights
Over the past decade, hospitals and other health care providers have put massive amounts of time and energy into adopting electronic health care records, turning hastily scribbled doctors' notes into durable sources of information. ...
Apr 12, 2021
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Security
Researcher explores effect of hospital mergers on data breaches
The period during and after hospital mergers and acquisitions is an especially vulnerable time for patient data when the chance of a cybersecurity breach more than doubles, according to research by a University of Texas at ...
Aug 4, 2023
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