Monday, January 28, 2013 - 4:41pm
The doctor will see you now. The robot doctor, that is.
Telemedicine stories
Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 2:12pm
The HealthSpot Station is a telehealth system that patients can use for quick medical diagnosis using video conferencing and diagnostic technology
Friday, December 28, 2012 - 12:07pm
New devices that promise to enhance our telepresence experiences are nice, but what we really need, right now, is better telemedicine technology, particularly in emergency situations. A new solution called the LifeBot 5 offers the promise of exactly that.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 12:37pm
iRobot doesn't just make robotic vacuum cleaners. The company also works on 'bots for military and research applications. Now iRobot wants to edge its way into the world's hospitals with a telepresence system that would let the right physician for the job connect with a patient anywhere in the world.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 8:13am
Parkinson's is a progressive disease with no known cure that affects up to six million people worldwide. Diagnosis and tracking currently depends on extensive testing and a ranking of symptoms. All that could soon change, as a new voice based system using a speech-processing algorithmcould diagnose the disease with a three-minute phone call.
