Digital health leaders share predictions on what to expect in 2023 Funding for digital health startups and initiatives soared during the pandemic as entrepreneurs and consumers increasingly embraced telehealth, remote monitoring,… Read More
Exclusive: Google quietly acquired a Seattle digital health startup that built an app to monitor breathing Google’s got a thing for Seattle health tech startups. The tech giant acquired Sound Life Sciences, a small University of… Read More
Life sciences news: Seattle researchers make Time list; ‘blowing apart’ academic promotion; and more It was a week of accolades, partnerships and new programs in the Pacific Northwest life sciences scene. University of Washington… Read More
Smartphone system developed by Univ. of Washington researchers detects blood clotting A cell phone attached to a tiny plastic cup can detect how fast blood clots and has the potential to… Read More
This Seattle startup just raised $2.2M for an app that detects ear infections The news: Wavely Diagnostics, a Seattle-based startup developing a smartphone app to detect ear infections, has raised $2.2 million to… Read More
Play Episode Podcast Meet the hacker professor who’s saving lives with smart devices and sonar Play Shyam Gollakota has come a long way since his first day as a university undergraduate. “I didn’t know how to… Read More
Can Alexa help detect a heart attack? Researchers explore life-saving potential of smart speakers At the onset of a heart attack, people often have a few telltale symptoms: pain in the chest or arm,… Read More
Say what? University of Washington researchers create smartphone app to detect ear infections Like dirty diapers and sleepless nights, ear infections are just one of those things that come with having a young… Read More
‘Batman’ tech: UW spins out new startup that uses sonar to detect opioid overdoses An app that uses sonar to detect opioid overdoses is making the leap from research to startup mode with the… Read More
Bees with backpacks? Gnat-sized systems turn swarms of bugs into sensor networks Bees with tiny electronic devices on their backs could sound like a researcher’s dream come true, or like a science-fiction… Read More
UW scientists can weave digital passwords and IDs into the threads of your clothing Want to wear your password on your sleeve? Computer scientists from the University of Washington can make it so. A… Read More
Geek of the Week: Shyam Gollakota of Jeeva Wireless and UW is a pioneer in preserving power Shyam Gollakota envisions a future in which his research and technological breakthroughs will transform computing as we know it. It’s… Read More
