❤️ Health Tech
Health Tech, or digital health, helps us understand and take control of our own health. But we also cover more traditional health news like medicines, vaccines and medical procedures.
👓 Facebook's AR glasses should also improve your hearing
Advanced sound technology should be able to determine which sounds are important to you and amplify them by using AR glasses that determine what you are interested in.
🔭 AI detects Alzheimer's
AI detects altered language in people with early-stage Alzheimer's. It opens up completely new ways of diagnosing.
🥛 Gargle test for COVID-19 which only takes seconds
Gargle, spit and a few seconds later you have the answer if you have COVID-19. A new test is now being tested in Israel.
🤜🏾 Polio is now eradicated in Africa
A vaccination program has reached its goal - after decades of work (and cooperation!), the African continent has now gotten rid of polio infection.
🚴♂️ Protect your skull with a 3D-printed bicycle helmet
The British company Hexr has developed a bicycle helmet that is 3D-printed completely according to your unique main measurements - also in a renewable material.
💧 Recyclable material turns salt water into drinking water in 30 minutes
If we can find a scalable way to desalinate seawater, water scarcity would be a thing of the past in many parts of the world. MOF material can be the way there.
💉 Gene treatment has changed the lives of seven boys with muscle disease
After receiving gene therapy for their muscle disease, seven out of nine boys in a study became much better.
💡 Ebola can now be cured - this is how it works
Two new treatments can treat Ebola effectively. From now on, we will no longer say that Ebola is incurable, says the person responsible for the study.
✂ Crispr gets even better at editing genes
The Crispr gene tool can be more accurate and easier to get into the cells by using a protein from a virus like scissors.