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Industry News – 24/09/2014

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    Posted on September 24th, 2014

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    Hacking for health

    Could you stay awake for 48 hours? That was the impressive feat managed by one participant in our first ever external hackathon, a two day event run by Tesco Labs to come up with innovative new apps or services related to consumer health.  A mix of coders, designers and marketers from outside Tesco took part, and the competitors ranged from mums to a 15 year old! Take a look

    https://www.ourtesco.com/2014/09/18/hacking-health/

    “Victory went to the ‘Barcode Monsters’, who developed a simple but clever app for children.  The app turns shopping into a game: children scan products in store, and depending on the nutritional content of the item they scan, the monster in the app gets happier or sadder and changes colour.”

     

     

    WEARABLES:

     

    The best Android Wear apps

    Interesting rundown of some of the current popular apps on the Android Wear Platform

    http://www.gizmag.com/best-android-wear-apps-2014/33873/

     

    Wearable Artificial Kidney gets green light for US trials

    Thought this was a comical one for wearable’s, not the topic, just the picture.

    http://www.gizmag.com/wearable-artificial-kidney-trials/33835/

     

     

    DEVICES:

     

    Intel’s wireless charging bowl to power up this year

    Intel wireless charging bowl I described in earlier innovation sessions this year will be for sale soon.

    http://www.gizmag.com/intel-wireless-charging-bowl-2014/33886/

     

    Intel putting 3D scanners in consumer tablets next year, phones to follow

    Could this be the solution to recognising food visually?

    http://www.gizmag.com/intel-3d-realsense-scanners-tablets-phones/33882/

     

    SideSwipe lets phones read hand gestures using reflected wireless signals

    Really interesting new approach to gesture use on devices.

    http://www.gizmag.com/sideswipe-gesture-recognition-reflected-wireless-signals/33923/

     

     

    IOT (Internet of Things):

     

    Meet Green Bean, a module for hacking into appliances

    Check what’s in the fridge at the tap of a button?

    http://www.gizmag.com/ge-green-bean/33877/

     

     

    HEALTH AND WELLBEING:

     

    Non-calorie artificial sweeteners (NAS) can cause glucose intolerance (Journal NATURE) – Thanks CLAIRE K

    In a nutshell, NAS like in Pepsi Max causes adaptive changes in your gut healthy bacteria, which causes glucose intolerance, increase blood sugar levels & type 2 diabetes

    http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13793.html

     

    Blood test provides first objective diagnosis of depression in adults

    Amazing how far mental health services have moved into mainstream medicine

    http://www.gizmag.com/adult-depression-blood-test/33908/

     

    Newly-discovered on/off switch could hold the key to healthy aging

    Still looking for the fountain of youth.

    http://www.gizmag.com/on-off-switch-telomerase-aging-salk-institute/33931/

     

     

    EXPOSURE:

    Twitter’s Huge Mistake

    http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/13/twitters-huge-mistake/

     

     

    IRISH:

    Brewbot’s ‘Beer DNA’ may usher in a new age of delicious homemade brewing

    Something from our boys and girls at home.

    http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/13/brewbots-beer-dna-may-usher-in-a-new-age-of-delicious-homemade-brewing-scoop/

     

     

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