eVisit: Talk to Your Doctor from Anywhere

     What if there was a way to visit your doctor from home? Well, we just came across a startup that is looking to make this a real possibility. eVisit has built a unique telehealth software platform that allows doctors to meet with, and diagnose patients via a sort-of Skype-type call. We had a chance [...]

The Hug: A Sensor that Tracks Your Water Intake

Are you drinking enough water? If you are anything like me and drink entirely too much coffee, probably not. Well we may have just come across the solution. One new crowdfunding campaign wants to help people answer the above question. The Hug, from Caktus: According to Caktus: The Hug is a convenient solution that helps you [...]

Get Your Fitness Data In One Breath With Pro2

     Breathing Fitness Monitor Pro2 There are a ton of fitness products and software out there these days. That said, we just came across one of the most unique fitness trainers we have ever seen. The PrO2. The PrO2 is a unique breathing trainer. "PrO2™ tracks and improves performance using breathing exercises to strengthen the [...]

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Google Fit: A Challenge to Apple’s HealthKit

In what is really an uncharacteristic change of roles, it looks likes Google is taking a page out of Apple's playbook. According to Forbes, at Google's upcoming I/O conference, the company will unveil a new health service: Google is planning to launch a new health service called Google Fit to collect and aggregate data from popular fitness trackers [...]

Apple HealthKit: A New Approach to Health Big Data

Among many thing announced by Apple on Monday at WWDC was HealthKit. The new iOS 8 functionality has been a long-time coming, and has been the subject of several leaks over the past few months. Anyhow, HealthKit acts a central hub/repository where third-party apps can store data in one central location. The idea being that [...]

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Buzzy Relieves Needle and IV Pain Drug Free [ATDC]

Buzzy is an incredibly unique product. Buzzy, "is an award-winning physiologic pain blocker. Using cold and vibration, Buzzy is proven to naturally block unpleasant sensations on contact."

Clean Hands Safe Hands: Preventing Hospital-related infections

The Clean Hands Safe Hands System is a cost-effective, non-intrusive, wireless technology designed to help hospitals remind providers to use the hand sanitizer and monitor compliance.

WaZINIT: Make Smarter, Quicker Food Choices [One Spark Preview]

WaZINIT is an application that helps users make better and more informed decisions about food. "WaZINIT will allow you to quickly scan products and compare ingredients against ANY of those you're trying to avoid."

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This Tiny Chip Could Save Lives By Looking In The Heart

As Gizmodo pointed out, ever since the days of The Magic School Bus that took a roller coaster-esque ride through the human body, we thought this day would one day come. Now, scientists and researchers at George W Woodruff School Of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, have developed a tiny chip that measures just 1.4 [...]

Kids Health Record: Solving The Clerical Nightmare of Medical Records

Kids Health Record was built to take on the student medical information nightmare that exists in schools. Rather than keeping up with paper forms and documents, Kids Health Record allows for the accessing of health records and info online. While that may sound a little unsafe, the company has taken every precaution to ensure that this is a safe and secure process.