Technology helping blind, deaf enjoy movies
More than 150 movie theaters in US have added special systems to help the deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired in enjoying a movie.
More than 150 movie theaters in US have added special systems to help the deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired in enjoying a movie.
A contest for information and communication technology (ICT) products for disabled people, entitled “ICT – Light the Hope,” was launched in Ha Noi on 1 december.
Computational genomics, proteomics and drug design get a boost with the Centre for Genomic Application adopting high performance computing solutions to cut down the research time and costs.
In a bid to improve patient care, governments in Europe and North America are pushing for the adoption of electronic records and data transfers, which is kick-starting the growth of a hybrid business that attracts companies from both the healthcare and tech arenas.
The FightAIDSHome project is asking computer users worldwide to donate the power of their idling PCs to a distributed or grid computing effort to fight HIV/AIDS.
The World Wide Web Consortium announced formation of the Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group , which is to deploy standardized Semantic Web specifications to provide services defined by the user community.
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has tied up with WorldCare, a player in the development and distribution of global e-Health services and solutions, to offer insurance for second opinion e-Consultation services.
[This article was published in the January 1900 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced recently that the Department will participate in an international effort to promote the rapid adoption of standard clinical terminology, for promoting the worldwide development of electronic health records.