NLS New Innovation and Design

Pharmacies and other institutions now can use robots and automatic storage systems to speed the organization and retrieval of drugs and reduce errors. Finnish firm New Icon created sorting robots and storage systems in which robot arms are able to identify drugs and put them in the right storage slot as well as retrieve them […]

Sixteen elderly Norwegians in the town of Bærum have been testing an automatic drug dispenser in their homes to determine if the device can take over the job from home health aides.  Users who tested the drug dispensers ranged in age from 68 to 96 and exhibited a variety of disabilities such as paralysis, reduced […]

Almost 10,000 Norwegians suffer hip fractures every year, many of them occurring in the winter. These injuries take a heavy toll in terms of costs, time and long-term health affects. Every year about 30 percent of all people over age 65 experience a fall. “The costs of treatment, rehabilitation and nursing home services amount to […]

Thermo Scientific’s SampleManager LIMS  now includes method execution, lab and data management and full enterprise software integration and is compatible with all popular enterprise-level software packages. SampleManager can be connected to customers’ existing informatics infrastructures, regardless of which or how many instrument vendors they use. This enables labs to execute and manage all their laboratory […]

Finnish company Modz has designed an Angry Birds™ themed blood glucose meter for children with Type 1 diabetes that gives them points and rewards for testing regularly. With video game qualities, the meter uses different game levels and points to motivate children to remember to test. Regular testing is critical for diabetics to ensure their […]

European Union funded FICHe (Future Internet Challenge eHealth) accelerator program has selected 80 European health technology companies from more than 300 applications for the first phase of the project. Participation was open to all European eHealth small and mid-sized enterprises and startups looking to develop innovative applications in the eHealth domain using FIWARE technology. In […]