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Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Fingernail Sensor to Monitor Disease Progression

New kinds of sensors, measurement and then prediction.

IBM Research Develops Fingernail Sensor to Monitor Disease Progression   in TechCrunch  By Frederic Lardinois

IBM Research has developed a small sensor that can help monitor the effectiveness of drugs used to combat the symptoms of a range of diseases, including Parkinson's disease, when applied to a person's fingernail. The sensor works with custom software to analyze how the nail warps as the user grips something. The sensor communicates with a smartwatch that runs machine learning models to detect tremors and other symptoms of Parkinson's disease. That model can detect what a wearer is doing, and is accurate enough to track when wearers write digits with their fingers. Going forward, the researchers aim to extend this prototype and the models that analyze the data to recognize other diseases well. ... " 

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