Samsung’s Voice of the Body “Samsung Architecture Multimodal Interaction or SAMI, is the open, cloud-based data platform used by the Simband. All the data collected from its sensors, and other devices in the future, will be securely uploaded to the server...

Samsung’s Simbad: Mobile Medical Technology Platform “Simband is essentially a smartwatch that can measure heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and other key vital signs. The wristband itself is loaded with different kinds of sensors, and since it...

Wired: Hackathons Aren’t Just for Coders. We Can Use Them to Save Lives “With growing attention on medical technology “hackathons“—summits that bring together engineers, clinicians, entrepreneurs, and designers to develop innovative solutions to health...

Interview with Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong: Forging a “Cognitive Revolution” “Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is a surgeon, drug developer, entrepreneur and the richest man in American medicine. Since selling the company that makes his breakthrough cancer drug...

IBM Research WatsonPaths Demo “After a year-long research collaboration with faculty, physicians and students at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, IBM Research has unveiled two cognitive computing technologies that...