Tomorrow is good: Innovation is investment
Ah, I suppose you were thinking about money as soon as you saw the headline. Fine, that’s also an investment. But I’m mainly thinking about long term, far-reaching investments in people,...
healthcare
Meet SARA, the almost-autonomous nursing robot
A Dutch startup BrightCape has developed a robot called SARA. SARA’s purpose is to support the nursing staff in taking care of the elderly. SARA can, for example, help the elderly doing their...
Philips: In the future, there will be more care provided outside the hospital
In the future, we will no longer go to the hospital or to the doctor for care as often as we do now, predicts Christopher Busch, Head of the Innovation Management Department at Philips during High...
Start-up of the Week: Farewell to filthy seafarers?
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week column. Over the past few days, five start-ups of the day...
New medical technologies are not always compatible with legal requirements
The progressively ageing society and new medical technologies are challenging the Austrian health and legal system. Laws must be amended or rewritten. Medical law expert Karl Stöger from the...
Tomorrow is good: Innovation often skips the line
We’ve all been through this, cars waiting in line for a parking spot at a parking garage which is nearest to the location you want to be. Of course that one is (almost) full. Cars are waiting...
Start-up of the day: Virtual playground supports recovery of children in hospitals
A virtual playground for children in hospitals. PlaygroundVR is putting the finishing touches to the technical development of their virtual reality environment. “Playing outdoors is invaluable...
Digital imaging module for improving diagnostics in ophthalmology
It is the physical conditions that complicate the precision of the imaging procedures that are used in the medical analysis of eye disease. The ocular surface is convex, the sharp image plane of the...
You decide: who will be our start-up of the month for August?
Innovation Origins has once again chosen four start-ups of the week in August. As September has started, we are taking another look at them. After all, there is still a monthly trophy to be handed...
Pretomanid granted US approval for treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world. More than ten million people worldwide contract it every year. The consequences are fatal for about 1.4 million people,...
Wireless digital stethoscopes for parents of flu-stricken babies on the market this year
This year, the Polish start-up StethoMe is launching a wireless, digital stethoscope that consumers can use at home in order to listen to their lungs and heart. The company has been sponsored with...
Start-Up of the Week: Play the piano and say bye bye to Parkinson’s?
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week column. Over the past few days, five start-ups of the day...
Start-Up of the Month: Hands-free wheelchair mobility
Nobody sits in a wheelchair for fun, so if you’re not able to cover distances using your own limbs, that’s quite a challenge. It is even more annoying when you also need both arms in...
Five magical medical channels on YouTube
Innovation is taking place in all kinds of sectors, some of which affect more people than others. Yet no one can avoid this sector as we all have a body that should ideally be kept in tip-top...
An app that makes medical reports easier to understand
The aim of healthcare is to keep people healthy. The Viennese health tech start-up Medicus AI wants to support this goal – with an AI-based platform that presents medical findings in an easily...
Start-up of the week: Hands free wheelchair mobility
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week column. Over the past few days, five start-ups of the day...
Tomorrow is Good (podcast): Quantum-like computing and Arctic data centers
It’s 40 degrees Celsius, and I’m sitting outside an awesome coffee-bar in Scheveningen (The Hague) with my long-time friend Deepak Kaura, talking about innovation and recording my next episode...
Start-up of the day Qwiek: making healthcare more enjoyable
A projection on the wall, whether or not supported by music – this is what helps the elderly in a care facility become more relaxed or more active. And this is just one of the healthcare...
Start-up of the day: bringing healthcare to your home
Patients with chronic conditions are the biggest users of the majority of healthcare resources. The Norwegian start-up Dignio is working towards a system that allows the patient to be more involved...
Start-up of the Week: innovation a loaded concept? Certainly not!
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week column. Over the past few days, five start-ups of the day...
Start-up of the Day: device checks the health of a fetus anytime, anywhere
“Taking care of a child is considered by everyone to be a basic necessity. We serve this need.” Says Patrycja Wizińska-Socha, the CEO and founder of the medical start-up Nestmedic....
Start-up of the day: Virtual Breeding Ground for Sports Innovation
Arno Hermans, together with Victor Beerkens and others, devised an accelerator programme especially for sports start-ups, under the name Sport eXperience. That was at the end of 2015. Hermans said...
Tomorrow is Good: 0% VAT on fruit and vegetables!
Last week, it was officially the week of healthcare and well-being in the Netherlands. The conference Zorg en ICT 2019 and the Health Valley Event 2019 were both dedicated to the challenges in...
Tomorrow is Good: Let doctors and nurses be doctors and nurses
It’s spring, birds start to sing in the morning, trees grow leaves, the days lengthen and I sense a growing resistance to the increase of the administrative burden healthcare professionals face. We...
Digital Twin Technology: How “copycat” systems are driving development
Digital twin technology, the creation of a digital copy of a device, system, process or person, is fast becoming the norm in innovation, with endless applications in scientific research,...
