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Caalyx Increasing Older People's Autonomy and Self-Confidence

Recent developments in ambient assisted living allow increasing autonomy and self-confidence for older people concerned about their health. A light wearable device measures vital signs, detects falls and automatically raises an alert to their care centre in case of an emergency.

New Technique Could Spare Cancer Patients from Further Surgery

EU-funded researchers have developed a technique that could allow surgeons to distinguish between cancerous and healthy tissue in real time as they carry out operations. The novel technique, which is described in an article in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, could spare cancer patients from having to undergo a second round of surgery to remove tumour tissue that was missed during the first operation.

Researchers Use Mapping Technology to Tackle Visual Impairment Woes

Being able to orient yourself in places you're unfamiliar with is not easy. So one could imagine how difficult it is for people who are either blind or visually impaired. Researchers at the Visualization and Interactive Systems (VIS) Group at the University of Stuttgart in Germany are developing a mobile navigation device that will help blind and visually impaired students to navigate in unknown surroundings.

IHTSDO and openEHR Begin Collaborative Work Programme

IHTSDO and the openEHR Foundation are to work together on a harmonisation project where the overall goal is the practical development of effective and sustainable clinical content for the electronic health record. The project will explore how best to support those who wish to use openEHR archetypes and SNOMED CT terminology together within current and future systems to support data capture, complex queries, clinical decision support and reporting.

Spanish Researchers Design Rooms with Sensors that Help Dependent People

Researchers of the Department of Signal Theory, Computer Networks and Communications of the University of Granada, led by José Carlos Segura Luna, are working on a project with researchers of Telefónica I+D to develop a system for locating dependent people in their environment, so that their stay and safety can be guaranteed by using intelligent environments.

EU Researchers Tackle Borderless Diseases

Nations worldwide have programmes in place to track, treat and research common diseases. Despite their successes, however, some of these programmes are duplicated in many countries, while other nations lack access to key information. To address this problem, researchers in Europe used electronic infrastructures (e-Infrastructures) to coordinate and combine a variety of tools, databases, grids and Web portals.

British Scientists Use Mould to Create Biological Robot

Slime mould usually gets a bad rap but this microscopic fungus is a star player in the scientific world. British researchers have announced they will use slime mould to design the first ever biological robot: a development that will impact the field of computational robotics.

Research and Development News

Caalyx Increasing Older People's Autonomy and Self-Confidence

New Technique Could Spare Cancer Patients from Further Surgery

Researchers Use Mapping Technology to Tackle Visual Impairment Woes

IHTSDO and openEHR Begin Collaborative Work Programme

Spanish Researchers Design Rooms with Sensors that Help Dependent People

EU Researchers Tackle Borderless Diseases

British Scientists Use Mould to Create Biological Robot

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