Nokia Sensing X CHALLENGE seeks healthcare tech innovations

[admin]

The smartphones of today are certainly technological wonders. Besides their powerful processors and multitude of available apps, most of them are also equipped with sensors such as cameras, microphones, GPS, accelerometers and gyroscopes. While those sensor-laden phones allow users to perform a broad variety of activities, the folks at Nokia believe that those or similar devices could do much more – particularly when it comes to healthcare. That’s why the company is sponsoring the Nokia Sensing X CHALLENGE. The US$2.25 million global competition is intended to “stimulate the development of sensors and sensing technology to drastically improve and expand the quality and access to healthcare across a wide variety of settings for consumers all around the globe.”.. Continue Reading Nokia Sensing X CHALLENGE seeks healthcare tech innovations

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Competition, Health, Nokia, Sensors, X-Prize

Related Articles:

• GE develops battery-free RFID tags
• Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile add-on
• Intelligent biomedical clothing enables personal healthcare
• Perception Challenge has next-generation robots in its sights
• Nokia flags high-priority on e-mail
• Mobility, Multiplayer and Console-Quality Gaming