AT&T leverages the cloud to encourage development of connected apps, a new asthma device will leverage Qualcomm's 2net hub, and a microchip for drug delivery will be put to the test in a clinical trial.
AT&T Launches Cloud-Based Developer Center to Encourage Connected Healthcare Apps
AT&T has launched a beta version of the AT&T Developer Center ForHealth, a cloud-based platform...
Following its best quarter since 1998, Ford this week announced it's working to integrate its automobiles with medical devices to help drivers stay on top of their health conditions.
Using its in-car connectivity system, SYNC, which can connect devices via Bluetooth, access cloud-based Internet services, and control smartphone apps, Ford researchers want to enable drivers to use voice commands to...
Yesterday was World Asthma Day, and it came with some sobering news about the chronic lung disease. Asthma prevalence in the US increased more than 12 percent from 2001 to 2009, and only about one-third of the 24.6 million sufferers were using long-term control medicine, such as inhalers. Over three-quarters of severe asthma patients have landed in the emergency room due to the disease.
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