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System that acts as your intra-body doctor

In the future, intra-body systems may be able to provide early diagnoses of potential health issues. And, as if that wasn’t enough, these systems will be able to dispense the necessary medication. The project BioCom Lab is current…

Open platform for new services in the smart home

Television, data and telephony, these are three services that have been delivered to Swedish homes via broadband for a number of years now. What though might an open platform for new smart services using the Internet of Things loo…

Remote care increases quality of life for COPD patients

In collaboration with Karolinska University Hospital, the Swedish Heart and Lung Association and over 20 other organisations, RISE has developed a care method that makes the home a location for more active treatment for patients s…

Fewer fall accidents thanks to modern technology

Might a mobile app help to reduce the number of elderly people injured in falls? Using modern technology, RISE accepts the societal challenge of reducing the amount of fall accidents among the elderly. Through preventative care, i…

Smart fabrics for better care

An ageing population unfortunately leads to greater strain on healthcare. New methods to digitally monitor the condition of elderly patients can spare many routine hospital visits, and the patients can receive appropriate care ear…

Can Gigabytes Make Us Healthier?

Continuously collecting data on our health enables us and healthcare systems to keep track of how we feel – and warn us in good time if we begin to feel poorly. In the future, we will be able to stay healthier by utilising health …

Safer medicines with smart tags

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) often works in environments lacking in infrastructure. Without good roads, electricity and water, providing medical help becomes more difficult. A large proportion of the medicines and vaccines given…

Nerve stimulation can restore sensation faster

An injury in which a nerve is cut can involve a long period of convalescence for the patient. Doctors at the hand and plastic surgery clinic at Linköping University Hospital has together with RISE and Linköping University, ha…

Gamification app prevents Alzheimer's

There are no medications for Alzheimer's disease or dementia. But with preventative interventions and an adapted lifestyle, people at risk can actually keep the symptoms at bay for several years. Karolinska Institutet (KI) and EIT…

Space trip make MRIs easier for children

Having an MRI as a child can be difficult and frightening. The children often have to be sedated in order for them to lie still. But sedation has several negative side-effects and is also very costly. COSMO@HOME is a digital tool…

The safe, connected cyclist

In the connected traffic environment of the future, information will be transmitted between vehicles wirelessly. Cars, buses and lorries will ‘talk’ to each other, thereby creating safer traffic with fewer accidents. The technolog…

Digital meetings for more effective health care

Every time you use a digital service to seek advice from a healthcare facility, such as a chat or a video call with a doctor, you are using a technology that will be of major importance to care in the future. Digital care meetings…

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