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The lowdown on Koalaa, the London-based startup that's innovating soft prosthetics for babies, children and adults With startups like The Open Hand Project and Open Bionics, we have written in the past about the need to bring affordable, usable prosthetics to people. In the UK, there are around 45,000 people who use prosthetics, and the NHS spends £60 million per year on prosthetic servic...
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The lowdown on the launch of the innovative Civic Dollars app that wants to reward people for spending time in certain public spaces With the world becoming more open again, the opportunities for regaining fitness lost during the lockdowns, getting that fresh air many will have been unable to breathe, and to start socialising in an active environment again, will be key.  For some, the re-...
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  Manual secures major investment to help with product development and international expansion and its overall mission to become the global destination for men’s health Fantastic news from Manual with the raise of a $30m Series A round. The company is setting its sight on becoming the go-to global platform for men’s health and wellbeing and will use this funding for product deve...
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  Funding secured by Oxford Medical Products to further develop its innovative non-surgical and non-pharmaceutical weight-loss solution Innovations in weight loss technology took a step further with the news that Oxford Medical Products (OMP) has raised £1.2M in seed investment to develop a safe and affordable weight loss capsule, which uses the same mechanism of action as a gastric b...
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We take a look at BioLiberty, the Edinburgh-based healthtech startup that's created an AI-powered assistive device and digital therapy platform for people living with hand weakness Across the UK alone, 2.5 million people live with hand weakness, which can be as a result of conditions such as stroke, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and motor neurone disease. Sometimes, it ...
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The lowdown on Bionaut Labs, the US startup that's on a mission to revolutionise the medical world with its innovative microscale robots We are, and have been for a while, in a period of time where reality begins to catch up with science fiction; where technology that we accepted as only part of fictional worlds starts to become a reality. One such technology is microrobotics for use in the med...
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The lowdown on GyroGear, the London-based medtech startup that's creating innovative wearable devices to stabilise hand tremors There are a number of different types of hand tremor, and different causes. The most well-known is Parkinson’s disease, but there is a more common Essential Tremor which can be misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s due to its similarity and affects 7 million people ...
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Proximie is a platform that uses artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality to enable clinicians to collaborate virtually When it comes to medical care, particularly something like a surgical operation, variation is not a particularly good thing. If patient A is getting the best quality care and highly skilled surgeon, but patient B over in another hospital is getting somet...
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If, like many of us you're working from home at the moment, here are a few basic tips to help you do just that - in comfort With the nation back in lockdown, a very high percentage of people find themselves working from home again. Opinion has been split on WFH, but it seems that those that are enjoying the many perks of remote work will have the right setup while those that are struggling may ...
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Gavin Perrett, Creative Director at Identity Resource outlines some of the key ways that will help us deal with mental health challenges this year As the Coronavirus Pandemic continues to rage in 2021 awareness of mental health issues is rising and people are taking steps to look after not only their physical health, but their mental health as well. And business is playing its part by introduci...
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