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Using Deep VR to Improve Mental Health

Matthew Stubbs · 23rd Aug 2020

Technology and mental health often don't mix, but Deep VR is trying to change this. This company is attempting to use virtual reality to improve your mental health.

Latest Posts

22nd Nov 2021

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Health API

Amazon Comprehend Medical vs Microsoft Text Analytics for Health: Which API is best?

In this article, I review the two leading cloud-based natural language processing services for unstructured health data, testing the services against a relatively standard clinic letter.

19th Mar 2021

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project

How I Built My Website Using Gatsby, Strapi, and AWS

I spent a lot of time researching the best combination of complementary frameworks to build my website. I eventually settled on using Gatsby to develop the website and Strapi for the CMS. In this post, I'll discuss why I chose these frameworks, and how I built the website.

16th Feb 2021

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Medical Technology

Neuralink — Elon Musk’s Brain-Machine Interface

Neuralink is probably one of the lesser-known companies founded by Elon Musk. Neuralink is a company attempting to create the future of brain-machine interfaces. But what is a brain-machine interface?

14th Jan 2021

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health technology investing

Should You Invest in CRISPR?

CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and presents a plethora of possibilities in many industries. But none more so than healthcare. CRISPR gives you the ability to edit a person’s genes, and so has the potential to cure a huge range of genetic conditions such as sickle cell anaemia, and could also revolutionise the way we treat cancer.

4th Jan 2021

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How Stuff Works

How A Pulse Oximeter Works

Pulse oximetry has been used in medicine for some time, but since the coronavirus pandemic, the public has been starting to use them more frequently to measure their own oxygen saturation. A pulse oximeter effectively tells us how much oxygen is in our blood at any one time.

28th Nov 2020

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news

Why There Isn’t a Microchip in Your Vaccine

There’s a lot of misinformation going around about the coronavirus vaccines. But one that’s stood out to me is that Bill Gates wants to put microchips in the vaccine. I thought it might be a good idea to unpick this!

23rd Aug 2020

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virtual reality

Using Deep VR to Improve Mental Health

Technology and mental health often don't mix, but Deep VR is trying to change this. This company is attempting to use virtual reality to improve your mental health.

30th Jun 2019

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tech

The Amazon tool no doctors know about — but could change everything

Amazon has come a long way since it started with book sales out of Jeff Bezos’ garage. The tech giant is investing heavily in its online capabilities and amazon web services are by far the biggest provider of cloud computing services. This is of little interest to most doctors. However, the companies recent foray into the field of healthcare, Amazon Comprehend Medical, is a tool that few doctors have heard of but could change every aspect of our practice.

28th Jun 2019

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story

The Medical Programmer — Why doctors should code and where you can learn today

There are many reasons a Doctor may want to learn to code. You may have just had the next big idea and want to start developing it? Or perhaps you want to aid your medical research? Or, who knows, maybe you’re thinking about changing careers entirely.