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href="#articles" class="tab active">Articles</a> <a href="#contributors" class="tab">Contributors</a> <a href="#links" class="tab">Links</a> </nav> <div class="topic-page sm-display-articles"> <h1 class="legacy">Articles on Health technology</h1> <div class="grid-ten large-grid-eight"> <section id="articles"> <h3 class="border">Displaying all articles</span></h3> <div class="content-list"> <article data-id="222373" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="The first Neuralink brain implant signals a new phase for <span class="nobr">human-computer</span> interaction" href="/the-first-neuralink-brain-implant-signals-a-new-phase-for-human-computer-interaction-222373"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:48.50299401197605%;--background-color:#ac8d59"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/572513/original/file-20240131-19-40gn6h.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=17%2C1111%2C5773%2C2882&q=45&auto=format&w=668&h=324&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="572513"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> Neuralink is developing devices that enable direct communication between the human brain and computers. </span> <span class="source" title="Source">(Shutterstock)</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2024-02-01T17:33:59Z" data-format="tc_date"> February 1, 2024 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/the-first-neuralink-brain-implant-signals-a-new-phase-for-human-computer-interaction-222373">The first Neuralink brain implant signals a new phase for <span class="nobr">human-computer</span> interaction</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/omar-h-fares-1390872">Omar H. Fares</a>, <em>Toronto Metropolitan University</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>Neuralink’s first human trial is more than just a technical milestone; it represents a major leap in potential human-computer interaction.</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="210789" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="Apple wants to know if you’re happy or sad as part of its latest software update. Who will this benefit?" href="/apple-wants-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-sad-as-part-of-its-latest-software-update-who-will-this-benefit-210789"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#668d70"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/547417/original/file-20230911-19-suu0bm.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=393%2C0%2C1246%2C1246&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="547417"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> </span> <span class="source" title="Source">Apple/screenshot</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2023-09-14T06:26:43Z" data-format="tc_date"> September 14, 2023 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/apple-wants-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-sad-as-part-of-its-latest-software-update-who-will-this-benefit-210789">Apple wants to know if you’re happy or sad as part of its latest software update. Who will this benefit?</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/peter-koval-14953">Peter Koval</a>, <em>The University of Melbourne</em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/benjamin-tag-1459105">Benjamin Tag</a>, <em>Monash University</em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/greg-wadley-203663">Greg Wadley</a>, <em>The University of Melbourne</em>, and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/xanthe-lowe-brown-1459119">Xanthe Lowe-Brown</a>, <em>The University of Melbourne</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>The iPhone already has an accelerometer, gyroscope, light meter, microphone, camera and GPS. Why does Apple now want you to tell it how you’re feeling?</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="189362" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="From a ‘deranged’ provocateur to IBM’s failed AI superproject: the controversial story of how data has transformed healthcare" href="/from-a-deranged-provocateur-to-ibms-failed-ai-superproject-the-controversial-story-of-how-data-has-transformed-healthcare-189362"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#4b4328"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/503380/original/file-20230106-16-mc22tn.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=70%2C0%2C902%2C902&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="503380"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> US health data pioneer Ernest Codman at work on his national registry of patient outcomes, 1925. </span> <span class="source" title="Source">Roy Mabrey/Boston Medical Library</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2023-01-16T11:52:44Z" data-format="tc_date"> January 16, 2023 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/from-a-deranged-provocateur-to-ibms-failed-ai-superproject-the-controversial-story-of-how-data-has-transformed-healthcare-189362">From a ‘deranged’ provocateur to IBM’s failed AI superproject: the controversial story of how data has transformed healthcare</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/caitjan-gainty-1126450">Caitjan Gainty</a>, <em>King's College London</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>To understand the potential for machine learning to transform medicine, we must go back to the controversial origins of data use in healthcare</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="185654" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="The human body has 37 trillion cells. If we can work out what they all do, the results could revolutionise healthcare" href="/the-human-body-has-37-trillion-cells-if-we-can-work-out-what-they-all-do-the-results-could-revolutionise-healthcare-185654"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#ac6e57"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/472254/original/file-20220704-22-1y09ee.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=680%2C0%2C1364%2C1364&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="472254"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg with Moshe Biton (right) and Aviv Regev (left). The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the major funders of the Human Cell Atlas. </span> <span class="source" title="Source">Chan Zuckerberg Initiative</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2022-07-07T09:45:03Z" data-format="tc_date"> July 7, 2022 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/the-human-body-has-37-trillion-cells-if-we-can-work-out-what-they-all-do-the-results-could-revolutionise-healthcare-185654">The human body has 37 trillion cells. If we can work out what they all do, the results could revolutionise healthcare</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/daniel-m-davis-1064369">Daniel M Davis</a>, <em>University of Manchester</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>Pioneered by the Human Cell Atlas consortium, our understanding of the human body is about to be transformed – and with it, the way we treat and prevent disease</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="174770" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="How sweat sensors could play a critical role in monitoring our health" href="/how-sweat-sensors-could-play-a-critical-role-in-monitoring-our-health-174770"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#5d4334"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/443001/original/file-20220127-22-9eyjrs.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C0%2C3997%2C3997&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="443001"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> Sweat contains information on the condition of our bodies. </span> <span class="source" title="Source">(Shutterstock)</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2022-01-31T15:49:59Z" data-format="tc_date"> January 31, 2022 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/how-sweat-sensors-could-play-a-critical-role-in-monitoring-our-health-174770">How sweat sensors could play a critical role in monitoring our health</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/woo-soo-kim-1306242">Woo Soo Kim</a>, <em>Simon Fraser University</em> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/taeil-kim-1311779">Taeil Kim</a>, <em>Simon Fraser University</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>Sensors that measure sweat could be coming to the market soon, but for them to be useful, we’ll need to understand more about this fluid that our body produces.</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="162722" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="Technology in hospitals can delay care: what doctors and nurses in South Africa told us" href="/technology-in-hospitals-can-delay-care-what-doctors-and-nurses-in-south-africa-told-us-162722"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#a87551"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/407189/original/file-20210618-28-1j87ry3.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="407189"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> Using technology in routine healthcare delivery has isn’t without its downside. </span> <span class="source" title="Source">Shutterstock</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2021-06-28T15:03:52Z" data-format="tc_date"> June 28, 2021 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/technology-in-hospitals-can-delay-care-what-doctors-and-nurses-in-south-africa-told-us-162722">Technology in hospitals can delay care: what doctors and nurses in South Africa told us</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/oluwamayowa-o-ogundaini-1142870">Oluwamayowa O. Ogundaini</a>, <em>Cape Peninsula University of Technology</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>Failure to identify, understand and address the implications of unintended consequences inhibits the delivery of quality healthcare.</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="135699" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="Coronavirus: <span class="nobr">location-tracking</span> apps could stop the disease – here’s how" href="/coronavirus-location-tracking-apps-could-stop-the-disease-heres-how-135699"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#a6906a"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/325714/original/file-20200406-151304-1nn28c8.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=827%2C0%2C4046%2C4046&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="325714"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> </span> <span class="source" title="Source">DimaBerlin/Shutterstock</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2020-04-06T14:54:01Z" data-format="tc_date"> April 6, 2020 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/coronavirus-location-tracking-apps-could-stop-the-disease-heres-how-135699">Coronavirus: <span class="nobr">location-tracking</span> apps could stop the disease – here’s how</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/eivor-oborn-1022007">Eivor Oborn</a>, <em>Warwick Business School, University of Warwick</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>Research indicates people would be willing to give up privacy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="134985" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="Coronavirus has sped up Canada’s adoption of telemedicine. Let’s make that change permanent." href="/coronavirus-has-sped-up-canadas-adoption-of-telemedicine-lets-make-that-change-permanent-134985"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#a6785a"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/325005/original/file-20200402-74874-15efkbf.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=23%2C131%2C1290%2C1290&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="325005"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> Social distancing required to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has led to a sharp increase in the use of telemedicine. </span> <span class="source" title="Source">(Pixabay Unsplash)</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2020-04-05T11:52:57Z" data-format="tc_date"> April 5, 2020 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/coronavirus-has-sped-up-canadas-adoption-of-telemedicine-lets-make-that-change-permanent-134985">Coronavirus has sped up Canada’s adoption of telemedicine. Let’s make that change permanent.</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/inderveer-mahal-708240">Inderveer Mahal</a>, <em>University of Toronto</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>Telemedicine has grown sluggishly in Canada, but COVID-19 has sped up the pace of adoption of online technology to deliver health care.</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="122280" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="Screen time that supports new parents and young kids can enhance family health" href="/screen-time-that-supports-new-parents-and-young-kids-can-enhance-family-health-122280"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#304757"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/323436/original/file-20200326-133027-10bwr7o.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=250%2C0%2C3665%2C3665&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="323436"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> Babies don’t come with instruction manuals… mobile health apps can help new parents. </span> <span class="source" title="Source">Tetra Images via Getty Images</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2020-03-27T12:14:12Z" data-format="tc_date"> March 27, 2020 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/screen-time-that-supports-new-parents-and-young-kids-can-enhance-family-health-122280">Screen time that supports new parents and young kids can enhance family health</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/dorian-traube-810819">Dorian Traube</a>, <em>University of Southern California</em> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/ashwini-lakshmanan-810824">Ashwini Lakshmanan</a>, <em>University of Southern California</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>Mobile health apps, teleconferencing with experts and thoughtfully designed educational platforms can all help families during the chaotic and confusing early years.</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="127734" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="Accessing healthcare is challenging for Deaf people – but the best solution isn’t ‘<span class="nobr">one-size</span>-<span class="nobr">fits-all</span>’" href="/accessing-healthcare-is-challenging-for-deaf-people-but-the-best-solution-isnt-one-size-fits-all-127734"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#9d6a53"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/304249/original/file-20191128-178078-9rlndu.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=450%2C0%2C4016%2C4016&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="304249"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> </span> <span class="source" title="Source">Elnur/ Shutterstock</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2019-11-28T12:23:12Z" data-format="tc_date"> November 28, 2019 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/accessing-healthcare-is-challenging-for-deaf-people-but-the-best-solution-isnt-one-size-fits-all-127734">Accessing healthcare is challenging for Deaf people – but the best solution isn’t ‘<span class="nobr">one-size</span>-<span class="nobr">fits-all</span>’</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/anouschka-foltz-210604">Anouschka Foltz</a>, <em>University of Graz</em> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/christopher-shank-896077">Christopher Shank</a>, <em>Bangor University</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>Many Deaf people worldwide face inequalities when it comes to accessing health services and information. Our study of Deaf people in Wales shows what improvements still need to be made.</span> </div> </article> <article data-id="121007" class="clearfix placed analysis published"> <figure> <a class="article-link" aria-label="Some <span class="nobr">heart-rate</span> monitors give less reliable readings for people of colour" href="/some-heart-rate-monitors-give-less-reliable-readings-for-people-of-colour-121007"> <div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent:100.0%;--background-color:#4a352f"><img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/286471/original/file-20190731-186809-1xzmvuf.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=240&h=240&fit=crop" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-id="286471"></div> </a> <figcaption> <span class="caption"> </span> <span class="source" title="Source">Zivica Kerkez/Shutterstock</span> </figcaption> </figure> <header> <time pubdate="pubdate" datetime="2019-08-01T09:29:23Z" data-format="tc_date"> August 1, 2019 </time> <div class="article--header"> <h2><a href="/some-heart-rate-monitors-give-less-reliable-readings-for-people-of-colour-121007">Some <span class="nobr">heart-rate</span> monitors give less reliable readings for people of colour</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/tim-collins-438598">Tim Collins</a>, <em>Manchester Metropolitan University</em> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/sandra-woolley-435060">Sandra Woolley</a>, <em>Keele University</em></span> </p> </div> </header> <div class="content" data-raw=""> <span>People with darker skin tones get less reliable readings from fitness trackers.</span> </div> </article> </div> </section> </div> <div class="grid-six grid-last large-grid-eight"> <div class="grid-six large-grid-four"> <section class="module related-topics topic-list clearfix"> <h3 class="border"> Related Topics <i class="icon-tag"></i> </h3> <ol> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/bci-37632">BCI</a> </li> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/coronavirus-5830">Coronavirus</a> </li> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/covid-19-82431">COVID-19</a> </li> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/digital-healthcare-12628">Digital healthcare</a> </li> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/health-4159">Health</a> </li> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/health-apps-22088">Health apps</a> </li> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/healthcare-1683">Healthcare</a> </li> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/health-care-2204">Health care</a> </li> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/insights-series-71218">Insights series</a> </li> <li class="topic-list-item"> <a href="/us/topics/technology-3440">Technology</a> </li> </ol> </section> <div class="grid-six large-grid-four grid-last"> <section class="module expert-authors clearfix"> <h3 class="border">Top contributors</h3> <ol class="semantic article-authors"> <li class="vcard" id="author-1390872" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a rel="author" itemprop="url" href="/profiles/omar-h-fares-1390872"> <img alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="https://cdn.theconversation.com/avatars/1390872/width170/file-20221102-22-qu8db4.jpg" src="https://cdn.theconversation.com/static/tc/author/width170_default-bea415b3a0223821a698f6e3f6d5ab99.jpg" itemprop="image"> <span class="fn author-name" itemprop="name"> Omar H. 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