Qualcomm (San Diego, Ca) a company well known for development of cellular phone technology is sponsoring an XPRISE competition for an award worth $10 million global in a competition developed to incentivize healthcare technology
innovation. The goal is to develop a hand-held device that would allow a consumer to access the state of their own health anytime, anywhere.
The goal is to develop a hand-held device that would allow a consumer to access the state of their own health anytime, anywhere. The device will be able to capture key health metrics and diagnose a set of 15 diseases. These metrics could include blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature. The device would ultimately collect large volumes of data from ongoing monitoring.
So far, more than 250 teams from around the world have already filed Intent to Compete forms. Look at this map (from the website) to see where the teams come from:
HealthWorks Collective’s Joan Justice interviews Mark Winter, Senior Director, Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize, to get an update.
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