On November 10, 2014, the XPRIZE
Foundation announced the winner of the Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE, the
global competition aimed at accelerating the availability of
hardware sensors and software sensing technology as a means to
smarter digital health solutions.
The winning device, called the Reusable Handheld Electrolyte and Lab
Technology for Humans (rHEALTH) system, can potentially run hundreds
or even thousands of lab tests using a single drop of blood, and
those tests, in turn, can be used to diagnose a range of diseases.
Along with a number of distinguished awards, the $525,000 grand
prize was presented to Eugene Chan, founder and CEO of the device’s
maker, DNA Medicine Institute (DMI), at Singularity University’s
Exponential Medicine conference.
The rHEALTH system reacts to a sample of blood, about 1,500 times
less than is usually required, with a series of nanostrips. These
strips are a bit like pH test strips, but they are on the scale of
blood cells. The system reacts to the blood sample with tens of
thousands of nanostrips, each running a different test, then shines
a laser on them in rapid succession.
The whole process yields results in about two minutes and currently
runs about 22 lab tests, ranging from vitamin D to HIV.
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Aug 8, 2014
Tricorder Xprize
Qualcomm started a global competition in
2012 that will award ten million US dollars to revolutionize digital
healthcare. The idea is to stimulate innovation and integration of
precision diagnostic technologies, helping consumers make their own
reliable health diagnoses anywhere, anytime.
The device it is seeking will be a tool capable of capturing key health metrics and diagnosing a set of fifteen diseases. Metrics for health could include such elements as blood pressure, respiratory rate, and temperature. Ultimately, this tool will collect large volumes of data from ongoing measurement of health states through a combination of wireless sensors, imaging technologies, and portable, non-invasive laboratory replacements. The only stated limit on form is that the mass of its components together must be no greater than five pounds. The name comes from the medical device used in Star Trek.
This week, August 4 is the qualifying round for review and selection of the ten finalist teams. The final award will be held in January 2016.
The device it is seeking will be a tool capable of capturing key health metrics and diagnosing a set of fifteen diseases. Metrics for health could include such elements as blood pressure, respiratory rate, and temperature. Ultimately, this tool will collect large volumes of data from ongoing measurement of health states through a combination of wireless sensors, imaging technologies, and portable, non-invasive laboratory replacements. The only stated limit on form is that the mass of its components together must be no greater than five pounds. The name comes from the medical device used in Star Trek.
This week, August 4 is the qualifying round for review and selection of the ten finalist teams. The final award will be held in January 2016.
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