9 minute read
Selected Sources
“7 Recent Big Tech Partnerships in Healthcare: Amazon, Google & More.” Accessed September 7, 2021. https://www.beckershospitalreview. com/digital-transformation/7-recent-big-tech-partnerships-in-healthcare-amazon-google-more-2.html.
STAT. “A New Study Points to the Power of Wearables to Predict Infections,” September 29, 2021. https://www.statnews.com/2021/09/29/wearables-predict-presymptomatic-infections-study/.
Advertisement
FierceHealthcare. “Accolade Plans to Acquire Virtual Primary Care Provider PlushCare in a $450M Stock and Cash Deal.” Accessed August 14, 2021. https:// www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/accolade-plans-to-acquire-virtual-primarycare-provider-plushcare-a-450m-deal.
“Acousto-Magnetic Micro/Nanorobots for Biomedical Applications | SONOBOTS Project | Fact Sheet | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission.” Accessed October 7, 2021. https://cordis. europa.eu/project/id/853309. Allam, Chantal. “Raleigh’s VitalFlo Lands $2.1M to Scale Predictive Medicine Platform.” Hypepotamus, July 16, 2021. https://hypepotamus.com/news/ vitaflo-north-carolina/.
“Amazon Care Approached Big Health Insurers to Expand Coverage.” Accessed September 7, 2021. https://www.beckershospitalreview. com/strategy/amazon-care-approached-big-health-insurers-to-expand-coverage.html.
“Amazon Halo Could Upend Connected Fitness,” September 30, 2021. https:// www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2021/ amazon-halo-expansion-could-upend-connected-fitness-space/.
ScienceDaily. “An Intelligent Soft Material That Curls under Pressure or Expands When Stretched.” Accessed October 6, 2021. https://www.sciencedaily. com/releases/2021/02/210224113042. htm.
American Chemical Society. “An Intelligent Soft Material That Curls under Pressure or Expands When Stretched (Video).” Accessed October 6, 2021. https://www.acs.org/content/ acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2021/ acs-presspac-february-24-2021/ an-intelligent-soft-material-that-curlsunder-pressure-or-expands-whenstretched-video.html.
“AppliedVR Completes Pivotal Trial Finding Virtual Reality Is a Holistic Treatment for Chronic Pain,” February 24, 2021. https://www.businesswire. com/news/home/20210224005301/ en/AppliedVR-Completes-Pivotal-Trial-Finding-Virtual-Reality-Is-a-Holistic-Treatment-for-Chronic-Pain.
STAT. “As Tech Giants Double down on Sleep Tracking, Providers Want More Proof,” August 11, 2021. https://www. statnews.com/2021/08/11/amazongoogle-double-down-sleep-trackingwith-radar-wearables/.
STAT. “At a Rural ICU, Covid-19’s Summer Surge Put Telehealth to the Test,” October 5, 2021. https://www. statnews.com/2021/10/05/telemedicine-icu-covid19-hospitals/. Bayoumy, Karim, Mohammed Gaber, Abdallah Elshafeey, Omar Mhaimeed, Elizabeth H. Dineen, Francoise A. Marvel, Seth S. Martin, et al. “Smart Wearable Devices in Cardiovascular Care: Where We Are and How to Move Forward.” Nature Reviews Cardiology 18, no. 8 (August 2021): 581–99. https:// doi.org/10.1038/s41569-021-00522-7.
Bonnechère, Bruno, Malgorzata Klass, Christelle Langley, and Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian. “Brain Training Using Cognitive Apps Can Improve Cognitive Performance and Processing Speed in Older Adults.” Scientific Reports 11, no. 1 (June 10, 2021): 12313. https://doi. org/10.1038/s41598-021-91867-z.
“Brain Computer Interface Market Is Expected to Grow at a CAGR of around 13.8% from 2020-2027.” Accessed September 29, 2021. https:// www.acumenresearchandconsulting. com/brain-computer-interface-market?utm_source=morning_brew.
IEEE Spectrum. “Brain Signals Can Drive Exoskeleton Parts Better With Therapy,” April 23, 2021. https://spectrum.ieee.org/brain-computer-interface-exoskeleton-neural-link.
“Brain Training Habits Are Not Associated with Generalized Benefits to Cognition: An Online Study of over 1000 ‘Brain Trainers’. - PsycNET.” Accessed October 2, 2021. https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0000773.
Caeiro-Rodríguez, Manuel, Iván Otero-González, Fernando A. Mikic-Fonte, and Martín Llamas-Nistal. “A Systematic Review of Commercial Smart Gloves: Current Status and Applications.” Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 21, no. 8 (April 10, 2021): 2667. https://doi.org/10.3390/ s21082667.
STAT. “Carbon Health Pushes Further into Home Care with Remote Monitoring Buy,” October 5, 2021. https:// www.statnews.com/2021/10/05/carbon-health-alertive-healthcare/.
“Concurrent Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Training to Prevent Alzheimer’s in At-Risk Older Adults (The Exergame Study) | National Institute on Aging.” Accessed October 2, 2021. http://www.
Selected Sources
nia.nih.gov/clinical-trials/virtual-reality-exercise-and-cognitive-training-program-prevent.
Culliford, Elizabeth. “Facebook Unveils Its First Smart Glasses.” Reuters, September 9, 2021, sec. Technology. https://www.reuters.com/technology/ facebook-unveils-its-first-smart-glasses-2021-09-09/.
Duke Pratt School of Engineering. “Data from Smartwatches Can Help Predict Clinical Blood Test Results,” May 24, 2021. https://pratt.duke.edu/about/ news/data-smartwatches-can-helppredict-clinical-blood-test-results.
“Ear EEG Home.” Accessed October 9, 2021. https://www.commsp.ee.ic. ac.uk/~csp-mandic/html/projects/ ear_eeg/.
ZME Science. “Electronic Textiles Could Turn Clothes into Wearable Electronics,” March 10, 2021. https://www. zmescience.com/future/electronic-textiles-could-turn-clothes-into-wearable-electronics/. Waterloo News. “Engineers Combine AI and Wearable Cameras in Self-Walking Robotic Exoskeletons,” March 15, 2021. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/engineers-combine-ai-and-wearable-cameras-self-walking.
MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Engineers Create a Programmable Fiber.” Accessed October 7, 2021. https://news.mit.edu/2021/programmable-fiber-0603.
MIT Technology Review. “Facebook Is Ditching Plans to Make an Interface That Reads the Brain.” Accessed September 16, 2021. https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/14/1028447/ facebook-brain-reading-interface-stops-funding/.
“First-Ever Transient Pacemaker Harmlessly Dissolves in Body.” Accessed October 7, 2021. https://news. northwestern.edu/stories/2021/06/ first-ever-transient-pacemaker-harmlessly-dissolves-in-body/.
“Foldable, Organic and Easily Broken down: Why DNA Is the Material of Choice for Nanorobots | Research and Innovation.” Accessed October 7, 2021. https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/ foldable-organic-and-easily-broken-down-why-dna-material-choice-nanorobots.
Garcia, Laura M., Brandon J. Birckhead, Parthasarathy Krishnamurthy, Josh Sackman, Ian G. Mackey, Robert G. Louis, Vafi Salmasi, Todd Maddox, and Beth D. Darnall. “An 8-Week Self-Administered At-Home Behavioral Skills-Based Virtual Reality Program for Chronic Low Back Pain: Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Conducted During COVID-19.” Journal of Medical Internet Research 23, no. 2 (February 22, 2021): e26292. https://doi. org/10.2196/26292.
Gavelin, Hanna Malmberg, Christopher Dong, Ruth Minkov, Alex Bahar-Fuchs, Kathryn A. Ellis, Nicola T. Lautenschlager, Maddison L. Mellow, et al. “Combined Physical and Cognitive Training for Older Adults with and without Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.” Ageing Research Reviews 66 (March 2021): 101232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. arr.2020.101232.
Guo, Hongchen, Yu Jun Tan, Ge Chen, Zifeng Wang, Glenys Jocelin Susanto, Hian Hian See, Zijie Yang, Zi Wei Lim, Le Yang, and Benjamin C. K. Tee. “Artificially Innervated Self-Healing Foams as Synthetic Piezo-Impedance Sensor Skins.” Nature Communications 11, no. 1 (November 12, 2020): 5747. https://doi. org/10.1038/s41467-020-19531-0.
Hemmsen, Martin, Kaare Mikkelsen, Mike Rank, and Preben Kidmose. “272 Long-Term Monitoring of Trait-like Characteristics of the Sleep Electroencephalogram Using Ear-EEG.” Sleep 44, no. Supplement_2 (May 1, 2021): A109. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/ zsab072.271.
Hölle, Daniel, Joost Meekes, and Martin G. Bleichner. “Mobile Ear-EEG to Study Auditory Attention in Everyday Life.” Behavior Research Methods, March 15, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428021-01538-0. Hong, Xiangfei, You Chen, Jijun Wang, Yuan Shen, Qingwei Li, Binglei Zhao, Xiaoli Guo, Wei Feng, Wenyuan Wu, and Chunbo Li. “Effects of Multi-Domain Cognitive Training on Working Memory Retrieval in Older Adults: Behavioral and ERP Evidence from a Chinese Community Study.” Scientific Reports 11, no. 1 (January 13, 2021): 1207. https://doi. org/10.1038/s41598-020-79784-z.
Jabeen, Tallat, Humaira Ashraf, and Ata Ullah. “A Survey on Healthcare Data Security in Wireless Body Area Networks.” Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 12, no. 10 (October 1, 2021): 9841–54. https://doi. org/10.1007/s12652-020-02728-y.
Jackson, James C. “Cognitive Training in Survivors of Covid-19: A Randomized Trial.” Clinical trial registration. clinicaltrials.gov, July 13, 2021. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04956887.
Jamieson, Kathleen Hall. “How to Debunk Misinformation about COVID, Vaccines and Masks.” Scientific American. Accessed September 14, 2021. https://www.scientificamerican.com/ article/how-to-debunk-misinformationabout-covid-vaccines-and-masks/
Selected Sources
Jiang, Yiwen, Aydin Sadeqi, Eric L. Miller, and Sameer Sonkusale. “Head Motion Classification Using ThreadBased Sensor and Machine Learning Algorithm.” Scientific Reports 11, no. 1 (January 29, 2021): 2646. https://doi. org/10.1038/s41598-021-81284-7.
Jung, Yei Hwan, Jae-Hwan Kim, and John A. Rogers. “Skin-Integrated Vibrohaptic Interfaces for Virtual and Augmented Reality (Adv. Funct. Mater. 39/2021).” Advanced Functional Materials 31, no. 39 (2021): 2170291. https://doi. org/10.1002/adfm.202170291.
Kang, Jae Myeong, Nambeom Kim, Sook Young Lee, Soo Kyun Woo, Geumjin Park, Byeong Kil Yeon, Jung Woon Park, et al. “Effect of Cognitive Training in Fully Immersive Virtual Reality on Visuospatial Function and Frontal-Occipital Functional Connectivity in Predementia: Randomized Controlled Trial.” Journal of Medical Internet Research 23, no. 5 (May 6, 2021): e24526. https:// doi.org/10.2196/24526. Kim, Hojoong, Young-Tae Kwon, Hyo-Ryoung Lim, Jong-Hoon Kim, Yun-Soung Kim, and Woon-Hong Yeo. “Recent Advances in Wearable Sensors and Integrated Functional Devices for Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications (Adv. Funct. Mater. 39/2021).” Advanced Functional Materials 31, no. 39 (2021): 2170289. https://doi.org/10.1002/ adfm.202170289.
Lee, KunHyuck, Xiaoyue Ni, Jong Yoon Lee, Hany Arafa, David J. Pe, Shuai Xu, Raudel Avila, et al. “Mechano-Acoustic Sensing of Physiological Processes and Body Motions via a Soft Wireless Device Placed at the Suprasternal Notch.” Nature Biomedical Engineering 4, no. 2 (February 2020): 148–58. https://doi. org/10.1038/s41551-019-0480-6.
Lee, Yeongjun, Jong Won Chung, Gae Hwang Lee, Hyunbum Kang, Joo-Young Kim, Chisung Bae, Hyunjun Yoo, et al. “Standalone Real-Time Health Monitoring Patch Based on a Stretchable Organic Optoelectronic System.” Science Advances 7, no. 23 (n.d.): eabg9180. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg9180. Mahmood, Musa, Shinjae Kwon, Hojoong Kim, Yun Soung Kim, Panote Siriaraya, Jeongmoon Choi, Boris Otkhmezuri, et al. “Wireless Soft Scalp Electronics and Virtual Reality System for Motor Imagery Based Brain–Machine Interfaces.” Advanced Science, July 17, 2021, 2101129. https://doi. org/10.1002/advs.202101129.
Makin, Simon. “Pathogen-Sensing Mask Could Detect COVID Infection.” Scientific American. Accessed October 8, 2021. https://www.scientificamerican. com/article/pathogen-sensing-maskcould-detect-covid-infection/
MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Making Health and Motion Sensing Devices More Personal.” Accessed October 9, 2021. https://news. mit.edu/2021/making-health-motionsensing-devices-more-personal-eitkit-0922.
Morris, Betsy. “Diets Engineered to Work With Your Microbiome Are Latest Startup Craze.” Wall Street Journal, June 28, 2021, sec. Life. https://www.wsj.com/ articles/diets-engineered-to-work-withyour-microbiome-are-latest-startupcraze-11624899685. Moses, David A., Sean L. Metzger, Jessie R. Liu, Gopala K. Anumanchipalli, Joseph G. Makin, Pengfei F. Sun, Josh Chartier, et al. “Neuroprosthesis for Decoding Speech in a Paralyzed Person with Anarthria.” New England Journal of Medicine 385, no. 3 (July 15, 2021): 217–27. https://doi.org/10.1056/ NEJMoa2027540.
Mount Sinai Health System. “Mount Sinai Study Finds Wearable Devices Can Detect COVID-19 Symptoms and Predict Diagnosis | Mount Sinai - New York.” Accessed October 9, 2021. https://www. mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2021/ mount-sinai-study-finds-wearable-devices-can-detect-covid19-symptomsand-predict-diagnosis-pr.
“MPs Urge Government to Review Regulations for Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing - Committees - UK Parliament.” Accessed October 2, 2021. https://committees.parliament. uk/committee/135/science-and-technology-committee/news/156039/ mps-urge-government-to-review-regulations-for-directtoconsumer-genetic-testing/. University of Birmingham. “Nanomaterials Shape and Form Influences Their Ability to Cross the Blood Brain Barrier - Study.” Accessed October 7, 2021. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ news/latest/2021/07/nanomaterials-blood-brain-barrier-study.aspx.
“Nanorobots Move Acoustically to Deliver Cancer Drugs. - ASME.” Accessed October 7, 2021. https://www.asme.org/ topics-resources/content/acoustically-triggered-nanorobotics-hold-promise-for-cancer-treatment.
“New ‘mirror’ Fabric Can Cool Wearers by Nearly 5°C.” Accessed October 9, 2021. https://www.science.org/content/ article/new-mirror-fabric-can-coolwearers-nearly-5-c.
Fitbit Blog. “New Study from Fitbit Seeks to Advance COVID-19 and Flu Research with Early Detection,” May 21, 2020. https://blog.fitbit.com/covid-19study/.
Selected Sources
“Next-generation wearable electronics - Professor Donghee Son Laboratory.” Accessed October 9, 2021. https://bioelectronics.skku.edu/news/next-generation-wearable-electronics/.
Nguyen, Peter Q., Luis R. Soenksen, Nina M. Donghia, Nicolaas M. Angenent-Mari, Helena de Puig, Ally Huang, Rose Lee, et al. “Wearable Materials with Embedded Synthetic Biology Sensors for Biomolecule Detection.” Nature Biotechnology, June 28, 2021, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-02100950-3.
Norman, Sumner L., David Maresca, Vassilios N. Christopoulos, Whitney S. Griggs, Charlie Demene, Mickael Tanter, Mikhail G. Shapiro, and Richard A. Andersen. “Single-Trial Decoding of Movement Intentions Using Functional Ultrasound Neuroimaging.” Neuron 109, no. 9 (May 5, 2021): 1554-1566. e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.03.003.
NUS researchers create AiFoam for robots to interact intelligently with their surroundings. “NUS Researchers Create AiFoam for Robots to Interact Intelligently with Their Surroundings.” Accessed October 6, 2021. https:// news.nus.edu.sg/nus-researchers-create-aifoam-for-robots-to-interact-intelligently-with-their-surroundings/.
“Playing a Virtual Reality Game during Medical Procedures Can Reduce Pain and Anxiety in Children | Keck School of Medicine of USC.” Accessed September 15, 2021. https:// keck.usc.edu/playing-a-virtual-reality-game-during-medical-procedures-can-reduce-pain-and-anxiety-in-children/.
Proulx, Ben. “U of A Project Aims to Use AI to Help Patients with Respiratory Issues.” Accessed September 30, 2021. https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/08/ u-of-a-project-aims-to-use-ai-to-helppatients-with-respiratory-issues.html.
National Institutes of Health (NIH). “RADx.” Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www.nih.gov/research-training/ medical-research-initiatives/radx. Facebook Technology. “Ray-Ban and Facebook Introduce Ray-Ban Stories, First-Generation Smart Glasses,” September 9, 2021. https://tech.fb.com/rayban-and-facebook-introduce-ray-banstories-first-generation-smart-glasses/.
Brown University. “Researchers Take Step toward Next-Generation Brain-Computer Interface System.” Accessed September 16, 2021. https:// www.brown.edu/news/2021-08-12/ neurograins.
Shi, Xiang, Yong Zuo, Peng Zhai, Jiahao Shen, Yangyiwei Yang, Zhen Gao, Meng Liao, et al. “Large-Area Display Textiles Integrated with Functional Systems.” Nature 591, no. 7849 (March 2021): 240–45. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586021-03295-8.
Silva Souto, Carlos F. da, Wiebke Pätzold, Karen Insa Wolf, Marina Paul, Ida Matthiesen, Martin G. Bleichner, and Stefan Debener. “Flex-Printed Ear-EEG Sensors for Adequate Sleep Staging at Home.” Frontiers in Digital Health 3 (2021): 66. https://doi.org/10.3389/ fdgth.2021.688122. Simonite, Tom. “Google Launches a New Medical App—Outside the US.” Wired. Accessed September 7, 2021. https://www.wired.com/story/google-launches-medical-app-outside-us/.
“‘Smart Clothes’ That Can Measure Your Movements | MIT CSAIL,” March 24, 2021. https://www.csail.mit.edu/ news/smart-clothes-can-measureyour-movements.
Medscape. “‘Smart Toilet’ With AI Scans Stool for Blood, Consistency.” Accessed August 10, 2021. http://www.medscape. com/viewarticle/951684.
Sprague, Briana N. “Cognitive Training, Mobility, and Everyday Life.” The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2, no. 9 (September 1, 2021): e533–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2666-7568(21)00200-2.
Takaloo, Saeed, and Mahdi Moghimi Zand. “Wearable Electrochemical Flexible Biosensors: With the Focus on Affinity Biosensors.” Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research 32 (June 1, 2021): 100403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. sbsr.2021.100403. Tavera, Carlos A., Jesús H. Ortiz, Osamah I. Khalaf, Diego F. Saavedra, and Theyazn H. H. Aldhyani. “Wearable Wireless Body Area Networks for Medical Applications.” Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine2021 (April 24, 2021): 5574376. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5574376.
Taylor, Lauren W., Steven M. Williams, J. Stephen Yan, Oliver S. Dewey, Flavia Vitale, and Matteo Pasquali. “Washable, Sewable, All-Carbon Electrodes and Signal Wires for Electronic Clothing.” Nano Letters 21, no. 17 (September 8, 2021): 7093–99. https://doi.org/10.1021/ acs.nanolett.1c01039.
Ugarte, Rodrigo. “Misinformation Is Everybody’s Problem Now.” Items (blog). Accessed September 14, 2021. https:// items.ssrc.org/covid-19-and-the-socialsciences/mediated-crisis/misinformation-is-everybodys-problem-now/.