2011 Invention Award - The Picture of Health

2011 Invention Award - The Picture of Health
The Idea : A no-touch system measuring vital signs
Name : Medical Mirror
Inventor : Ming-Zher Poh
Time : 1-1/2 Years

ONE NIGHT in late 2009, Ming-Zher Poh and his roommate, Dan McDuff, asked some friends to sit in front of a laptop. Poh, an electrical-and medical-engineering graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was trying to transform the computer's webcam into a heart-rate monitor. He hoped that his software would allow doctors to check the vital signs of burn victims or babies without attaching uncomfortable clips, and that it would make it easier for adults to track their cardiovascular health over time. That night, the program wasn't working in real time, but its measurements were near-perfect. "Right away I knew we had something special," Poh says.

Mobile Phone reviews - HTC HD7 Review

Mobile Phone reviews - HTC HD7 Review
By Hunter Skipworth

HTC has produced some high quality handsets over the years, helping to drive the Android revolution and offering some genuine competition for Apple's iPhone. Whether or not the Windows Phone 7 software will be able to compete remains to be seen, but one thing is certain, the HD7 is the phone to do it.

Nokia pins hopes on N8 smartphone

NOKIA Australia is hoping high-end cameras and multimedia can reverse its declining dominance in the smartphone market.

The Finnish company today launched its first smartphone offering built on its new Symbian 3 mobile operating platform, the Nokia N8.