Public Health

A revolutionary brain implant invented by a team of neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, and engineers can transform thoughts into speech. This technology will hopefully help people...

A new technology offering a public non-contact temperature measurement may serve as an effective solution for coping with the spread of the coronavirus. The...

Studies have demonstrated that detector dogs are one of the most reliable tools available to identify substances based on the odors they emit. Previous...

UAV-based technologies will be crucial for advancing radiation monitoring, including enhancing the application of environmental mapping and improving long-term monitoring of contaminated areas. In the...

Cybersecurity for medical devices is critical in retaining the trust consumers place in health care companies for how the technology is used, and how...

The Ebola epidemic is continuing to spread, with the current death toll at 1500 and the number of patients estimated at 2500. This outbreak...

A new technology developed by researchers at EPFL (Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne) may offer a non-surgical alternative for treating internal injuries. The...

An Australian-run medical center for Ebola patients has opened in Sierra Leone overnight, the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, has announced. Australia’s Foreign affairs minister...

iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (11 November 2014): The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force: NCIJTF New UASs: SpyLite mini and BlueBird Raytheon is testing a new laser-guided...

Mosquitoes have claimed more human lives than all wars combined – their infectious bites still cause more than 1 million deaths each year, according...

Researchers have found a way to harvest electricity from radio waves. From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves that permeate the environment...

The Netherlands has unveiled a prototype of an "ambulance drone" which could potentially save lives by offering a rapid response after heart attack incidents....

Health technology provider, e-prescription company MediSecure was recently subject to a severe large-scale ransomware attack affecting people's personal and health information, which apparently stemmed...

Lawmakers and infectious disease experts are examining whether terrorists could use Ebola to deliberately infect and wreak psychological havoc on an unsuspecting population. This...

How does the United States allow health workers to help West Africa while minimizing their risk? One answer that the White House may be...

A group of researchers in Shanghai, China has developed a six-legged robotic guide dog intended to assist the visually impaired in a country where...

One of the coronavirus pandemic’s more fascinating effects to the tech world is the implementation of robotics and automation during the crisis. Now, the...

An unexpected use of virtual reality is using it to treat addition. The combination between technology and psychology is not a new one but...

Paramedics in Canada can now see the bigger picture, as Federal authorities in the country has granted a county in the Ontario Province a...

The InnoTech 2020 International Live Conference Broadcast organized by iHLS is a unique opportunity to take a close look at the transformation caused by...

Articles and issues discussed in this week's report: Miami police tests new surveillance drones New armored mini-tractor for law enforcement agents Possible Ebola "dirty bomb" worries experts U.S....

Medical devices may not be ever-present in headlines, but that does not mean no new developments in the field happen. Rather, in recent years...