VR improves balance in older people
New Virtual Reality tech could help improve balance in older people. Computer Scientists at CAMERA have been investigating if VR technology can help prevent falls and concluded a range of VR techniques are extremely useful in assessing and improving balance issues. The team, from the University of Bath,...
AI to help arthritis patients manage their flare-ups
A partnership between UK health company Living With, the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH), and the University of Bath has nabbed a major grant to develop a Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Profiler. Innovate UK is funding the project which should allow rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients to...
Engineers take aim at cancer with 100-million fps camera
A new high-speed camera is being developed which will allow light and sound to be used in new innovative medical treatments. The camera, developed at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, should allow researchers to capture images at one-hundred million frames per second. Shooting at such high speeds will...