2022
Medical
According to the World Health Organization, obesity is one of today’s most blatantly visible – yet most neglected – public health problems. An escalating global epidemic of overweight and obesity is taking over the world. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight, including 650 million who were obese.
The Fetal Brain Oxygen Monitor is a medical diagnostic instrument that measures oxygen levels in the fetal brain during labor. The instrument is a photo-acoustic instrument that delivers data via lasers to and from the fetal brain using "laser microphone" technology. Signals can be read in real time using ultrasound and potentially cell phone devices.
Every year 10 million people die from cancer, 6.8 million die from neurological disorders, and half a million die from neglected tropical diseases. Although there are tremendous advancements being made in these fields every day, there's still a dire need for better, cheaper, and more accessible treatments. By miniaturizing the test tube,
Patients with Parkinson's disease or Essential Tremor commonly experience uncontrollable tremor in the hands. These symptoms range from bothersome to debilitating and their occurrence is frequent and unpredictable. Usually the patients are otherwise fully functional but their abilities to use their fingers in critical tasks, such as writing, typing, utensils or smart phone use, are greatly affected.
Our long-term goal is to develop home-based wearable technology solutions to detect and monitor health conditions indicated by disease-specific biomarkers from the saliva in real-time. Disease prevention is the secret to longevity. A healthy lifestyle combined with disease prevention can protect, promote, and maintain health and well-being and to prevent disease, disability, and death.
In the COVID situation, we saw that the people who suffered more are the elderly who live alone (i.e., elderly people are in a situation where they aren't able to contact anybody in the wrong situation).
Taking this as an inspiration, our team intended to provide a solution (hardware + software) that rectifies the issue.
BPPV type vertigo affects 8% of the population, and every year 1.6% of the population visits an emergency room for BPPV attacks. The misdiagnosis rate of BPPV in the ER is reported as 74-81%. Every year 5.5 million patients visit the ER in the USA,
As people get older they tend to become less active and sit front of the TV much of the day. This constant seating without proper exercise eventually leads to weight gain. Doctor’s warnings do not help much. The majority of seniors develop more complicated health issues due to weak muscles and being overweight. Being realistic,
The Branch Lite makes walking at night safer for the visually impaired and elderly.
It is a walking stick with two LED torches and a tail light for visibility at night!
Features:
Two(2) Led Torch Lights to light the path at night.
Mathematics, science and technology, in different forms,
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