health care

Nara Medical University conducting a demonstration experiment of support for watching over expectant and nursing mothers

2017.09.25

AI, IoT to Help Watch Over Expectant and Nursing Mothers; Nara Medical University and Fujitsu to Conduct Demonstration Experiment On September 13, Nara Medical University and Fujitsu announced the launch of a demonstration experiment for a service that uses AI and IoT to watch over the living conditions and health of expectant and nursing mothers. The demonstration experiment will be conducted by...

Russia and Japan to Inject $1 Billion in Funds for Technology Projects

2017.09.19

I heard that such a discussion took place at an economic forum. Russia and Japan launch joint $1 billion fund to invest in healthcare, industrial ...

Okusuri Combination Rank, an application that helps pharmacists with data analysis

2017.08.30

A press release was hit in July 2017. Japan's First App for Pharmacists Analyzing Medical Big Data "Okusuri Combination Rank" Released The "Okusuri Combination Rank" app is one of the medical big data, JMIRI prescription information data...

Smart Toothbrush "Oclean One" Coming Soon on Indigogo

2017.08.16

How far the smart toothbrush can contribute to cavity prevention is one thing that is of great interest. The site is scheduled to go live soon on the crowdfunding site Indigogo. Oclean | Sonic Smart Electric...

Which States are the Most Parenting Friendly in the U.S.? -2017 Edition-.

2017.08.13

It would be interesting if they did this kind of survey in Japan. It scores the differences between the best and worst states in the US in terms of child-rearing environment from various angles. 2017's Best & Worst States t...

Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare initiates exchange of opinions on AI utilization.

2017.07.11

I have just noticed that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has gathered a group of experts to exchange opinions on the use of AI under the title of "Roundtable Conference on the Promotion of AI Application in the Health and Medical Care Field". I checked the minutes of one of the meetings and found the following exchange of views...

Japan Post effectively withdraws from the business of watching over the elderly

2017.07.06

Mimamori (watch-over-elderly) services are beginning to be undertaken by local governments, but Japan Post has decided to effectively withdraw from the business. Japan Post has drastically scaled back its Mimamori business for the elderly....It has also decided to distribute tablets and make the business a subsidiary. Initially, an operating subsidiary was established with the launch of the business, and Japan Post's Tani...

Fully Automatic Clothes Folding Machine Startup Raises ¥2.5 Billion in Funding

2017.07.03

From Founders' Notebook. AI, Robotics, and Healthcare Venture Seven Dreamers Raises ¥2.5 Billion! On June 15, 2017, seven dreamers laboratories, Inc. raised 2.5 billion yen through a third-party allotment of new shares and a research and development grant...

GRAIL, a startup for early cancer detection, raises huge amount of funding

2017.06.21

How much is $900 million in Japanese yen? GRAIL, a cancer detection startup funded by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, raises $900 million from Dentsu Ventures and others to enter the Japanese market...

Crowdfunding for nursing trailer homes is underway.

2017.06.18

So these are the needs. In many cases, they wish to receive care at home but do not have a place to stay. The reason for the development of the "Residential Care Trailer House Kizuna Fund" came from customer feedback...

eWeLL, operator of electronic medical records, raises a total of 450 million yen in funding

2017.06.15

eWeLL Co., Ltd. has raised a total of 450 million yen in funding from Sumitomo Corporation and other investors. eWeLL Co., Ltd. which operates "iBow," a business support system application for visiting nurse stations (headquartered in Osaka City, Osaka...

(Mimamori Station" by Interpro Inc. looks good.

2017.06.12

This article is not [PR]. It is not a tie-up project, and the BabyTech editorial department is introducing it on its own. When we wrote the article we posted the other day about the Noboribetsu City Council of Social Welfare, which is challenging a project to watch over people using tablet terminals, there were already similar products and services...

Noboribetsu City Council of Social Welfare takes on the challenge of a watch-over project using tablet terminals.

2017.06.09

The government is inevitably taking measures for the elderly first. Noboribetsu City Council of Social Welfare to Start Full-Scale Monitoring with Tablet Devices in July The Noboribetsu City Council of Social Welfare (chaired by Masayuki Yamada) will begin full-scale implementation of a monitoring network project using tablet devices in July. The project will begin in July...

Dutch medical startup Castor EDC raises €1.1 million in funding

2017.05.28

From Tech.eu, Castor EDC, which aims to handle medical data and research across diagnostic information, has successfully raised approximately €1.1 million in funding. So the medical data collected is the road to AI. Dutch medical ...

Yokohama City's "Walking Point Project" to Discover the Relationship between Walking and Health

2017.05.25

Yokohama City will launch a verification project to explore the correlation between walking and health. Yokohama City's "Walking Point Project": Effects of Reducing Medical Expenses Databased and Calculated The relationship between walking and health is a science. Starting in FY2017, the City of Yokohama will begin...

vivofit" Activity Tracker for Kids Launched by GARMIN

2017.05.22

Wearable device for activity management for children has been released. Garmin's First Lifelog Band for Kids is Now Available Vivofitr(R) jr. to be released in late April 2017 Key Specifications - Su...