Medisafe, the Israeli tech startup that moved to Boston over the winter, launched an app in 2013, which currently helps some 2 million users stay on top of their meds. If you missed a dose,…
A blood clot in the body can set off life-threatening conditions such as a heart attack, a stroke, or deep vein thrombosis, to name a few. And current imaging techniques are not always equal to…
Credit: UMass Medical School/Bryan GoodchildWith toxin coursing through their veins, patients, who come in for poison treatment, are often in an altered mental state. They are unable to tell the physician on duty, who typically…
Taking a selfie is easy: just point your smartphone toward your face and shoot. But taking a selfie of the interior of an eye is impossible, imaging specialists might’ve told you, until now. Researchers at…
Take a deep breath before you read this: A team from MIT has built the world’s first USB-powered mobile stethoscope. Plugged into a smartphone, its companion app transforms the device into a low-cost diagnostic tool,…
Many facets of entrepreneurship haven’t been fully explored yet – at least not by those outside the industry. But independent researchers are digging into some of the compelling questions surrounding startups, technology, and the current surge…