wearable technology

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18 October 2024

Government funds research into VR and AI to tackle drug deaths

The government has awarded £12m to UK projects that are researching wearable tech, VR and AI to reduce drug deaths
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26 February 2024

Cambridge Cognition and ActiGraph collaborate for digital data collection

Cambridge Cognition has joined ActiGraph's Accelerant partnership programme advancing the use of digital health technologies in clinical development.
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Life Sciences Minister Nadhim Zahawi
12 March 2020

£10m Innovation scheme launched to tackle long-term conditions

The Innovation Scholars Scheme will support collaboration between researchers and industry in the development of new wearable health devices, diagnostic
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A woman wearing the eye-controlled device for locked-in individuals
19 October 2018

EyeControl headset for locked-in patients available on NHS Supply Chain

EyeControl, which combines an eye-tracking camera and speaker, allows patients who have lost the ability to move or speak to
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A woman looking at statistics on a computer screen
11 October 2018

UK innovation agency grants £865k to mobility AI project

A consortium led by Cambridge Bio-Augmentation Systems is developing an AI platform that could improve care for people with mobility
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A screenshot of the Fitbit app
21 September 2018

Fitbit beefs up healthcare offering with fitness and coaching platform

Fitbit Care combines the company’s activity-tracking hardware with tailored health and wellness services for insurers, employers and health systems.
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A woman is fitted with the headset-style EyeControl wearable device for locked-in patients
4 September 2018

Eye-controlled wearable aims to give locked-in patients a voice

EyeControl is a communications device designed for patients who have full cognitive ability but are unable to move or speak.
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A care home nurse in Calderdale teaches a resident how their technology works
18 July 2018

Connected care homes ‘could slash £1bn from NHS demand’

A project run by NHS Calderdale CCG has suggested that telehealth in care homes could cut hospital admissions by as
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A cartoon depicting an astronaut and rocket ship in space
10 July 2018

NHS looks to the cosmos for innovation drive with UK Space Agency

Up to £4 million will be made available to innovators who can demonstrate how tech originally designed for space could
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26 February 2018

Nokia’s digital health unit misses the pulse as company announces strategic review

Nokia’s digital health arm is up for review, hinting at fresh struggles from the Finnish vendor to break into the
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