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Qualcomm announces Andorid smartphone for the blind

Qualcomm announces Andorid smartphone for the blind

Blindness and smartphones are usually not mentioned in the same sentence, but this is now all about to change. This week Qualcomm has announced it’s developing a multi-function Andorid smartphone that will combine the technologies blind and visually impaired people use separately. In collaboration with Project Ray, the ‘off-the-self’ device will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor and will offer a user interface that is designed for eye-free interaction with services such as phone calls, texts, social networking and navigation. … Read entire article »

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CES 2012: Video demo of Qualcomm AliveCor iPhone ECG – the app that could save your life

CES 2012: Video demo of Qualcomm AliveCor iPhone ECG – the app that could save your life

Hi, we have already written about AliveCor here. We did however manage to get a demo of the potentially life-saving software working on an iPhone. In case you missed it the software has already saved one life… Dr. Eric Topol, the chief academic officer of Scripps Health, who is also the author of a new book The Creative Destruction of Medicine, showed a prototype of a hand-held, clip-on smartphone electrocardiogram (EKG) reader, made by Qualcomm-funded AliveCor. Apparently, … Read entire article »

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CES 2012 – Qualcomm to champion health, medical and fitness gadgets – AliveCor and Sotera Wireless

CES 2012 – Qualcomm to champion health, medical and fitness gadgets – AliveCor and Sotera Wireless

Qualcomm is one of the world’s leading tech companies and has an enormous business built on manufacturing the chips for mobile phones. It is also highly entrepreneurial and is often at the cutting edge of innovative new applications and features for mobile phones and gadgets. So no surprises then that it is championing medical and health gadgets. At a keynote at CES Chairman and CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs teamed up with Dr. Eric Topol, the chief … Read entire article »

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