All in Medical Technology
Innovative machine learning devices enable patients with debilitating conditions to conduct actions that were otherwise impossible. Brain-Computer Interfaces promise great development of therapies while showing potential for entertainment and cognitive enhancement. Concerns about privacy, agency and the essence of human existence justify this as the “greatest ethical challenge that neuroscience faces today”, leading to new parameters of personal technological invasiveness.
At the height of lockdown way back in April, we were promised a contact tracing smartphone app that would help us fight against coronavirus and emerge from lockdown safely. Now 5 months (and a growing second wave) later, we’re at last being delivered an app.
Today applications of virtual reality (VR) are vast. From its humble beginnings in gaming VR is exponentially changing the way humans interact with the world. Healthcare is no exception, a recent cluster and network analysis found that surgery alone accounts for up to 7.7% of all VR academic research, other key areas in healthcare include psychology, neuroscience and outpatient therapies. Moreover, the recent appearance of low cost head-mounted displays (HMD’s) has made VR increasingly accessible and puts this technology in a unique position to succeed as a digital platform.
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the centre stage in the field of medical technology worldwide. Many industry leaders envisage AI as having the potential to revolutionise healthcare delivery amidst a backdrop of ever-important challenges in tomorrow’s healthcare systems.
