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Former Apple CEO John Sculley On The Future Of Medical Technology And Health Care's Killer App

Former Apple CEO John Sculley explains why the health care industry is finally going high-tech and how Apple can enable health entrepreneurs.READ»

How Emergency Medicine Could Serve As An Inspiration To The Health Care Industry

The health care system is anything but patient-centric--except in the emergency room. Design firm Worrell examines how lessons from the ER could better the broader health industry.READ»

How Wireless Technology Will Change Global Health

There is a slick new television commercial advertising Apple's iPad. It includes a cool medical application that can be used for medical imaging. The advertisement shows a trend in medicine: in the last two years there has been an ...READ»

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USC Brings Together Filmmakers, Engineers, Doctors for Its New Body Computing Center

The new collaboration is a revolutionary way for motion graphics artists, product designers, and health care providers to work together to save lives.READ»

Latitude: Future of Medicine iPhone App

Boston Scientific's Latitude: a working prototype iPhone app that allows doctors to monitors patients remotely, and instruct specialists and nurses about treatment.READ»

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Heartbeat Iphone App

Prototype heartbeat monitor iPhone app from 2009 Body Computing Conference at USC, October 8, 2009.READ»

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Networked Body Smackdown: Fitbit vs. DirectLife

An uber-athlete, I'm not. But over the last year I have learned to balance long shifts hunched over a desk with regular time on my yoga mat and I begrudgingly took up running to whittle my waist. So nothing short of dread skipped down ...READ»

Broadcast Your Heart Rate on Twitter? You Could, With This iPhone App From Corventis

When you think of body computing--monitoring physical health using technology--it generally conjures images of middle-aged or elderly folks in sterile settings. But the future of body computing is in the teen market, especially if ...READ»