Tag Archives: Smart

An Unparalleled Advancement – Isha Chaturvedi’s Direction-Based Navigation App for Smart Glass Wearers Published in ACM ICI 2019

With the aid of the numerous effective vaccines, the world is now sprinting fast towards the end of the pandemic. The year 2020 unravelled several fractures in the way we function. It was because we could interact and communicate effectively that the whole of this alienated year elapsed. Researchers, all around the world, are coming… Read More »

Using smart watches to monitor your heart could do more harm than good

Fitness trackers like the Apple Watch now allow you to detect heart conditions such as atrial fibrillation. That’s not always a good thing, says doctor Margaret McCartney Technology | Comment 17 July 2019 Josie Ford By Margaret McCartney SELF-EMPOWERED, self-motivated, self-aware: we have got used to the idea that more knowledge about our health is… Read More »

Viewpoints: Doctors Can Play Big Role In Slowing Opioid Epidemic; Rise In Gun Suicides Demands Smart Policies

Opinion writers weigh in on these health topics and others. Los Angeles Times: Want To Reduce Opioid Use? Nudge The Doctors Who Prescribe Them  An Orange County doctor was arrested by federal authorities in December on suspicion of illegally prescribing narcotics, “flooding Southern California with huge quantities of opioids,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.… Read More »