Apple Announces Advancements to ResearchKit
Creating a clearer picture of Parkinson’s disease. Since its launch in 2015, the mPower app has enrolled over 10,000 participants, making it the largest Parkinson’s study in history — with 93 percent of participants never having taken part in any kind of research before. The app helps researchers better understand Parkinson’s disease by using the gyroscope and other iPhone features to measure dexterity, balance, gait, and memory....
Final Cut Pro X helps small company delight world’s biggest clients
From beginning to end, the editing process is dramatically streamlined by the powerful features built into Final Cut Pro X. Its skimmer tool makes it faster for editors to view and evaluate incoming footage. “Final Cut Pro X offers you a quicker way for that third pass on your rushes,” says Lindsay. “You can scrub to the point of action and get the part you want.” Sophisticated keywording for clips allows editors to mark clips by...
Jawbone is reportedly leaving consumer for clinical wearables
Jawbone is reportedly raising funds for the transition, and TC says it already collected as much as $951 million from big-name investors like JP Morgan. Unfortunately, it already spent almost all of that money “with very little to show in returns.” The publication’s source explained that the consumer hardware space is just too challenging except for the biggest names in the business. Jawbone decided to make the...
NASA’s gliders could deliver more accurate weather forecasts
The team is still working on the glider’s final design, but it’s expected to have a wingspan of about three feet and to be made of double ply carbon fiber. Once they’re done making a mold for the design, they’ll perform a test flight by tossing one out of a weather balloon from 20,000 feet. They’ll then equip the final version with all the necessary sensors, instruments and flight control software before...
NASA’s gliders could deliver more accurate weather forecasts
The team is still working on the glider’s final design, but it’s expected to have a wingspan of about three feet and to be made of double ply carbon fiber. Once they’re done making a mold for the design, they’ll perform a test flight by tossing one out of a weather balloon from 20,000 feet. They’ll then equip the final version with all the necessary sensors, instruments and flight control software before...
