txchnologist: Could New Wireless Power Transfer Unleash Electric Medicine? Stanford University engineers say they have figured out a way to wirelessly send electric power deeper into the body than ever before. Inventor and electrical engineering assistant professor...

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...