Posts Tagged ‘mobile app’
What will the ‘Peloton for mental health’ look like five years from now? And, who will develop it?
MindLabs raises £1.4M for its new platform, a ‘Peloton for mental health’ (TechCrunch): Ideally, mental wellness should be considered part of a healthy daily routine, like exercise. But even exercise is difficult to turn into a regular habit. Peloton addressed physical fitness by combining smart stationary bikes with live classes and community features to create…
Read MoreImportant conversation: Who knows more about improving vision, a) the Federal Trade Commission or b) 60+ vision scientists
FTC Action Risks Stifling Innovation, Health App Inventor Says (Bloomberg): “Federal enforcement action against the makers of a mobile app that claims to improve users’ vision will have a chilling effect on scientists hoping to commercialize their research, the app’s inventor told Bloomberg BNA Feb. 24.
Read MoreNext: Mobile apps to assess brain waves and improve driving safety
. App With a Mind For Improving Transportation Safety (The Wall Street Journal): “A team of scientists from Indonesia has come up with a novel way to improve transportation safety in their country through a mobile app that scans transport operators’ brain waves and combines it with data on weather, vehicle and
Read MoreTrend: Mobile apps to improve vision via perceptual learning
. Vision training: Mobile app improved pilots’ vision (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association): “Military pilots (and other test subjects) have improved their vision after a few weeks of training with a new application for mobile devices—an application now available to the public. The technology has helped dedicated users reverse age-related vision loss, and to help…
Read MoreMonitoring cognition via mobile applications: iPad app analyzed
We recently came across a fascinating scientific study, titled Examining cognitive function across the lifespan using a mobile application (Computers in Human Behavior), which studied the value and limitations of using an iPad app called “brainbaseline.” Abstract: “Many studies conducted in a laboratory or university setting are limited by funding, personnel, space, and time constraints. In the present…
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